Yup.
Kinkade was a no-talent ass clown, like the people who use AI to produce works of “art”.
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Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks agoThomas Kinkade did this with art prints in the 90s and 00s. Mass print them and then have ‘trained artists’ go in and add a little highlighting, and charge a premium for it.
Behind the Bastards has a good 2 part episode on him.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Was Kinkade misrepresenting the production process or something? If not- who cares? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
He was stretching the truth as much as possible to convince local art dealers to sell his stuff as an investment, got sued for it, and (spoiler if you’re wanting to listen to the episodes) may or may not have intentionally killed himself to avoid going to trial over it.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Ah, I see. Yeah that’s pretty bastardly.