- published: 29 Dec 2014
- views: 1895
Thomas Kinkade (January 19, 1958 – April 6, 2012) was an American painter of popular realistic, bucolic, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products via The Thomas Kinkade Company. He characterized himself as "Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light," a phrase he protected through trademark but one originally attributed to the English master J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851). He was claimed to be "America's most-collected living artist" before his death with an estimated 1 in every 20 American homes owning a copy of one of his paintings.
Kinkade grew up in the town of Placerville, California, graduated from El Dorado High School in 1976, and attended the University of California, Berkeley and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He married Nanette Wiley in 1982 and the couple have four daughters: Merritt (b. 1988), Chandler (b. 1991), Winsor (b. 1995) and Everett (b. 1997), all named for famous artists. He and his wife had previously separated for over a year before his death in 2012.
Actors: Franco Ressel (actor), Roberto Messina (actor), Nello Pazzafini (actor), Furio Meniconi (actor), Fortunato Arena (actor), Pietro Ceccarelli (actor), Riccardo Petrazzi (actor), Ugo Adinolfi (actor), William Berger (actor), Giovanni Di Benedetto (actor), Federico Boido (actor), Ugo Fangareggi (actor), Frank Braña (actor), Gianni Garko (actor), Claudio Ruffini (actor),
Plot: John and George McIntire are a couple of naive brothers who travel to a lawless western town to see their father. The bumbling siblings get themselves into big trouble after they beat up a member of a gang of extortionists. Fortunately, a mysterious roving gunfighter decides to help the guys out of their jam.
Keywords: bar-brawl, bar-fight, barroom-brawl, brother-brother-relationship, card-game, cattle-rancher, crooked-sheriff, duel, extortion, father-son-relationship