Artist: Thomas Kinkade
Title: Disneyland 50th Anniversary
Available Sizes and Mediums: 28x42 AP Paper NO Frame /18x 27 Framed Paper and Canvas / 28x42 Unframed Paper and Framed and Unframed Canvas Editions - Select Options Above.
Medium: Fine Art Print on Paper and Hand Highlighted Giclee Canvas
Exclusive Frames: (Click to Enlarge inset image, Left.) To commemorate this special landmark image, The Thomas Kinkade Company has developed two exclusive frames only available for Disneyland 50th Anniversary: Aurora Gold for Canvas prints and Aniversary Gold for paper prints. This remarkable image in matted in rich Cordovan and framed in a special exclusive frame, Anniversary Gold - which features miniature discreet Mickey Mouse silhouettes around the edges! Your collectors will love this special touch. The black suede liner and gold filet add a uxurious feel and set off the image with a lovely inner glow. As added excitement, for the first time ever, Limited Edition paper is printed using our exclusive Lumigraph technology, giving it a wonderful Kinkade luminosity!
About the Art: There are 12 N’s hidden in Disneyland 50th Anniversary, in honor of Thom’s beloved wife,Nanette. In honor of the 50th Anniversary, there are also 50 hidden silhouettes of Mickey Mouse. This image is being released in an edition size of 1,955, the year the park opened in Anaheim,CA. Sleeping Beauty Castle is shown in its luminous 50th Anniversary attire, painted and adorned to be the centerpiece and “Crown” jewel of the 50th Anniversary celebration! Complete with gold drapery, and regal banners including five crowns that sit on each of the turrets, resplendent with custom Swarovski crystals. Thom has included his entire family in his painting, Disneyland 50th Anniversary, including his wife Nanette and four daughters: Merritt, Chandler,Winsor and Everett. Not only was it an honor to be asked to paint the commemorative image of Disneyland® park’s 50th Anniversary celebration, but also a delight as Disneyland® holds many cherished memories for Thom and his family. While the centerpiece of the painting is Disneyland® park’s icon, Sleeping Beauty Castle,Thom was careful to include the statue of Walt Disney and Mickey entitled “Partners”, dedicated in Disneyland® on November 18, 1993. Disneyland 50th Anniversary began as a Plein Air study with Thom spending more than 10 hours on site capturing the initial painting! The final painting has been executed in a style known as Romantic Realism, a favorite
From Thom: How many children have stood at this very spot, eyes wide with wonder at their first glimpse of Sleeping Beauty Castle, since Disneyland® park opened fifty years ago? I was one. On our annual visits to Grandma’s house,we never failed to make a stop at the Disneyland® park. I’m sure that some of my romantic ideas about architecture were formed as I wandered these fabulous grounds. When the Disneyland 50th Anniversary gala was announced, I jumped at the chance to paint this place of joyous memories. I was given special permission to set up my easel on Main Street to paint a plein air study. Swarms of people gathered round to watch and encourage as I painted Sleeping Beauty Castle, soon to be festooned with decorations, flags, and banners celebrating Disneyland’s 50th. I couldn’t resist painting my own family, buying balloons at the lower right of the canvas, among the diverse crowd. The drama of sunset in my Disneyland 50th Anniversary suggests the end of an era,while the glowing lights at the base of the castle remind us that a new age of imagination and celebration awaits.


Sleeping Beauty Castle and other Disney properties © Disney - © 2005 Thomas Kinkade Company

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