Renoir painting a fake: museum

[struggle4progress]

... The Art Institute of Chicago said it owns the authentic version of the "Two Sisters (On the Terrace)" painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir and that it’s been hanging in its gallery since 1933 ...

Trump’s biographer, Tim O’Brien, said that years ago while writing his book on the millionaire real estate developer, he spotted the colorful piece hanging in his private jet ...

... Trump was adamant it was authentic.

"Donald, it’s not," O’Brien said. "I grew up in Chicago, that Renoir is called 'Two Sisters (On the Terrace),' and it’s hanging on a wall at the Art Institute of Chicago. That's not an original" ...

http://nypost.com/2017/10/20/trumps-renoir-painting-is-a-fake-museum/

[smirkymonkey]

1. He's so vulgar!

Even if he did thing it was an original, who on earth would hang an authentic Renoir in their private jet? How tacky can you get?

[Irish_Dem]

3. Tacky way to show off, pretend he is filthy rich.

You can afford to display a very valuable piece of art in your airplane.

[maxsolomon]

5. It's not pretending

He is rich.

And vulgar. His vulgarity is a key to his appeal - he's just like his voters, if they won the Powerball.

[Irish_Dem]

6. He may not be so rich, he has a lot of debt.

That is why only the Russian oligarchs would lend him money. And why he won't show his tax returns. And why he ran for president in the first place, to make his brand worth more.

But we agree on the vulgar part.

[Staph]

13. If that were actually a real Renoir,

hanging it on an airplane is about the worst thing that you can do. The air on the plane in flight is extremely dry. You might as well hang the painting in full sunlight!

[Irish_Dem]

14. I had not thought about that, also would be an easier target for theft.

[malaise]

11. Uncouth, tacky

no class, loud, inappropriate, sexist, racist - a pretentious short-fingered vulgarian - the ugliest American history.

[frazzled]

12. He couldn't possibly think it's an original

He only thinks he can fool people, and he lies like a rug. Remember how he says Trump Tower is 68 stories high when it's clearly only 58? Or how big the crowd was at his inauguration when it was verifiably not so? It's just how he rolls: with flagrant lies that are obviously untrue on their face. It's pathological.

I've seen that painting in the Art Institute a hundred times . . . and the Impressionist galleries at the Art Institute are world famous, as is that painting. Anyone who knows thing one about art knows that painting is in the Art Institute.

[nykym]

2. What would you expect a

FAKE President to have?
A FAKE masterpiece ( which he probably spent way too much on).

[BillyBobBrilliant]

4. But Trump's is

painted on velvet...The best velvet!

[Thor_MN]

7. And they used the best numbers...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

8. LOL, and Hobby Lobby paints! nt

[Salviati]

9. We asked fox news commenter Charles Krauthammer his opinion on the matter, here's what he replied:

[Gothmog]

10. Trump also claimed that the fake Time Magazine cover was real

Remember the fake Time magazine covers https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-time-magazine-with-trump-on-the-cover-hangs-in-his-golf-clubs-its-fake/2017/06/27/0adf96de-5850-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html?utm_term=.c707318553a3

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The real Time cover, left, and the fake Donald Trump cover. (Left: Time. Right: Angel Valentin for The Washington Post)

[Generic Brad]

15. Sitting president a fake: everyone