Thomas Kinkade's landscapes made him the most collected and despised painter ever. After his shocking death, his family | dG1fclBXTU51SkZqR2s
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00:00Hi everybody, and welcome to the world of Thomas Kinkade.
00:07I have about 20 of his paintings.
00:0980 paintings.
00:10Approximately 175 of his paintings.
00:12Yeah, way too many.
00:13Art is something for everyone.
00:18By 2000, the company is breaking 100 million.
00:21For what was being sold, that was unheard of.
00:2410,250, 10,250, 10,500.
00:32People were buying not just a painting, they were buying a piece of Thomas Kinkade,
00:38which involved a performance as a pious Christian.
00:42God bless.
00:44I mean, he was like a holy man.
00:46I'm not going to fall victim to the same crises that you see in so many people who get put in
00:51the public eye. That won't happen to me.
00:54People who described him as a Jekyll and Hyde, Christian painter of light by day,
01:01and raging strip club attending, out of control, drunk by night.
01:06He had it all, and he threw it away.
01:12We knew that the vault existed, but I don't remember ever going in there.
01:17I'm glad that he made these.
01:26Wow.
01:28You could say Thomas Kinkade was a performance artist,
01:32and he created the greatest performance art piece in our lifetime.