Kitsch
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Kitsch is a term applied to art and design that is perceived as naïve imitation, overly eccentric, gratuitous, or of banal taste.
A Friend in Need, a 1903 Dogs Playing Poker painting by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, is a common example of kitsch.
Puppy by Jeff Koons (2010) is a self-aware display of kitsch, specifically as a combination of opulence and cuteness.
A mass-produced teapot and milk jug set, themed after a rural cottage
Abraj al Saat in Mecca has been described as kitsch.
Thomas Kinkade
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William Thomas Kinkade III was an American painter of popular realistic, pastoral, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for achieving success during his lifetime with the mass marketing of his work as
Kitsch
…Chocolate box art – Term describing idealistic paintings Thomas Kinkade – American painter (1958–2012) Informational notes…
Kinkade in 2005
Kinkade's cottage and garden scenes drew inspiration from the Cotswolds region of England.
The Hudson River School has been recognized as a precedent for Kinkade's idyllic, sentimental scenes. (Thomas Cole, Home in the Woods, 1847)
Kinkade's paintings of tight-knit communities appealed to Americans struggling with social fragmentation. Placerville, California is shown.