Trump Claims to Own Renoir Painting, a Chicago Museum Says Otherwise

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Daily Beast

The Art Institute of Chicago said the painting has hung on their walls for almost 100 years.
HAYLEY JONES
10.19.17 4:27 PM ET

President Donald Trump may have found himself caught in yet another fib.

Over the years he has told guests of his Trump Tower apartment that he owned the original “Two Sisters (On the Terrace)” by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

The Art Institute of Chicago has a little problem with that.

According to NBC Chicago, the museum has confirmed they have been in possession of the painting for almost 100 years. Despite a report in a recent podcast that says Trump claims to own the impressionist work of art.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-claims-to-own-renoir-painting-a-chicago-museum-says-otherwise

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[fountainofyouth]

1. Large, small, important, irrelevant

Doesn't matter -- he will lie about it.

[olegramps]

5. Sounds like Fake Art. Sucker.

He was suckered by someone as scrupulous as he is. It is hilarious that the biggest cheater is a vulnerable dupe. He will probably find out that none of his kids are actually his. No one can be that damn ugly both inside and out.

[captain queeg]

11. Tee-hee-hee!

[tavernier]

15. Im sure he knew it was a knock off,

bought it for five bucks, put it in a fancy frame and told everyone it was real.

[not fooled]

16. Probably another

piece of Chinese junk that he promotes.

And, dear News Media, please stop calling his pathological lying about all matters great and small "fibbing".

[sarge43]

2. Maybe someone conned him and sold him an overprice fake.

[No Vested Interest]

6. Exactly. He likely doesn't know the difference between an original and a copy.

Hope he paid big dough for his fake.

[onethatcares]

7. I don't think so.

He never deals in cash and from what I hear, he never writes the checks he says he's going to.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. It's probably a Little Debbie's wrapper in a frame

[rzemanfl]

3. Drumpf will "send Feds to Chicago" to get it back. n/t

[Gothmog]

4. 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

?uuid=kI-VLFtNEeefxsfvS8WNEw

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

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. And he claimed his golf course was supposedly the site of a major Civil War battle.

I think the bottom line is that Donald Trump is perpetually full of shit.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Trump's Renoir painting is not real, Chicago museum says

35 minutes ago



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In a recent interview, Trump biographer Tim O'Brien said he was once told by the future president that his artwork was an original.

But the Chicago Institute of Art says the real painting, Two Sisters (on a Terrance) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, has hung in its gallery for 80 years.

A museum spokesperson said it is "satisfied that our version is real".

. . .

Mr Trump sued O'Brien for $5bn because the author wrote in TrumpNation that rather than being a billionaire, his net worth was actually as low as $150m.

More:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41686623

[Bob Loblaw]

10. Why would Trump even want the painting?

The subjects are French and the woman is, at best, a 7.

[trusty elf]

20. but the girl....

in 10 years he'll be dating her.

[B Stieg]

12. There is NOTHING this ass won't lie about. (n/t)

[riversedge]

13. Few have challenged him in the past is my guess. Now that he is top dog, he is and

will continue to be challenged in what is says. Wonder how long he will last, given his fragile ego. ??

[dreamland]

14. Honestly, he knows it was a fake

Do you honestly believe this sub-human would own anything real if he can buy a fake for a fraction of the cost and try to pass it off to hanger-owners as the real deal?

[mpcamb]

17. It's a misunderstanding. He doesn't understand that to OWN something you have to PAY for it.

With actual MONEY.

[CTyankee]

18. He should know that in the art world there is such a thing as "provenance"

which is the actual history of a famous painting and how it made its way into a museum and was recognized as genuinely by the artist him/herself. This painting is too damn famous for Trump to claim otherwise. The museum has the goods on him and can produce the actual provenance. He can't .

SMH. I can't believe he's trying to pull this fast one. How stupid.

[johnnyrobish]

19. Trump's Renoir

And for a more satirical take on Trump's Renoir, check out http://www.johnnyrobish.com/in-the-news/trump-still-claiming-fake-renoir-real