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Judi Lynn

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

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Thu Oct 19, 2017, 05:27 PM

Oct 2017

35 minutes ago

. . .

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.

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Trump Claims to Own Renoir Painting, a Chicago Museum Says Otherwise [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2017 OP

Large, small, important, irrelevant fountainofyouth Oct 2017 #1

Sounds like Fake Art. Sucker. olegramps Oct 2017 #5

Tee-hee-hee! captain queeg Oct 2017 #11

Im sure he knew it was a knock off, tavernier Oct 2017 #15

Probably another not fooled Oct 2017 #16

Maybe someone conned him and sold him an overprice fake. sarge43 Oct 2017 #2

Exactly. He likely doesn't know the difference between an original and a copy. No Vested Interest Oct 2017 #6

I don't think so. onethatcares Oct 2017 #7

It's probably a Little Debbie's wrapper in a frame Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2017 #21

Drumpf will "send Feds to Chicago" to get it back. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2017 #3

Trump also claimed that the fake Time Magazine cover was real Gothmog Oct 2017 #4

And he claimed his golf course was supposedly the site of a major Civil War battle. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #8

Trump's Renoir painting is not real, Chicago museum says Judi Lynn Oct 2017 #9

Why would Trump even want the painting? Bob Loblaw Oct 2017 #10

but the girl.... trusty elf Oct 2017 #20

There is NOTHING this ass won't lie about. (n/t) B Stieg Oct 2017 #12

Few have challenged him in the past is my guess. Now that he is top dog, he is and riversedge Oct 2017 #13

Honestly, he knows it was a fake dreamland Oct 2017 #14

It's a misunderstanding. He doesn't understand that to OWN something you have to PAY for it. mpcamb Oct 2017 #17

He should know that in the art world there is such a thing as "provenance" CTyankee Oct 2017 #18

Trump's Renoir johnnyrobish Oct 2017 #19