Down With Renoir

Ha, ha, ha! Just shows that stupidity knows no bounds.

I'm with Kevin.

This could change the world...

I think it's amusing, as I'm sure it was intended to be.

It has to be a satirical marketing ploy!

might be relations

The word renoir is a good description of the sound of a sports car...renoir,renoir,renoir! Course these cars cost a lot of Monet!

I don't need a fancy sports car. I'm just happy when my Van Goghs.

Look like a marketing gimmick with a very tiny budget.

Love it!

https://artery.wbur.org/2015/10/06/man-pickets-mfa-hates-renoir

You guys are so punny.

If Renoir was alive today, he'd probably be selling prints on FAA and other POD's trying to earn a living with his art...And then....Someone would say he wasn't a "real artist" and he was all about money....

As a teenager, Renoir became an apprentice to a porcelain painter. He learned to copy designs to decorate plates and other dishware. Before long, Renoir started doing other types of decorative painting to make a living. Using imitation as a learning tool, a nineteen-year-old Renoir started studying and copying some of the great works hanging at the Louvre. He COPIED and did DECORATIVE art to make a living....So in the FAA forum there are many that would say he was a "sellout".

Renoir had to struggle to make a living early on. So he sought out commissions for portraits and often depended on the kindness of his friends, mentors, and patrons. Today he would be criticized for this because he was a "PAINT FOR HIRE" artist too.

This all somehow tickles me....

Sharon-

Good insight...I wonder if the protesters know about his background

Yes Sharon, you are correct on all counts, but I think defending Renoir is like defending the intelligence of Einstein, one can but it is not necessary.

Def not museum marketing ploy.... They don't have any problems getting people into that building, which is a good thing

o.k., if they do not like them anymore I will take them. Let's say 50 bucks each ?! :)

Renoir could put more colors in the flesh than any other artist had on their palette. It was like putting Mozart to a canvas. I looked at that photograph of those young people carrying their idiot cards and I could have sworn I heard cricket sounds. Some people never grow up they just grow old.

Joe Burgess,
Sisley!

That is a rather amusing parody of protesters. I don't think they hate Renoir, I think they are poking fun at protesters who write inane slogans on posterboard.

OMGosh it's real!!

3 Questions With The Guy Who Hates Renoir

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/06/446365314/3-questions-with-the-guy-who-hates-renoir?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202506

An Instagram sellout.....

From the article Joy linked....sad....oh the humanity.....

Geller decided to do something about it. So he launched the “renoir_sucks_at_painting“ Instagram account and filled it with cheeky insults of Renoir and photos of people standing in front of Renoir paintings looking sick, or ready to cry, or giving the finger

The protest just made tv and radio news this morning. If it is a marketing gimmick....it sure got worldwide coverage.

Max Geller, creator of the Instagram account Renoir Sucks at Painting, who wants the MFA to take its Renoirs off the walls and replace them with something better. Marketing what?

A google search on Renoir Prints, brings up 567,000 hits.

I would think this protest is not about Renoir... per si...but rather the exploitation of dead artists in general.

It would be nice if galleries and museums did pay a bit more attention to the artists who can still benefit from the attention,
not to the exploiters reaping profits from all the great exposure they provide.

I love all the old masters works...but I'd never buy a print for that very reason.
Why would I, it's in public domain...you can down loaded it for free. And that the way it should be, IMHO

my two cents.
Barbara St Jean

Jessica,

My guess is Max Geller on Instagram has images of himself in the MFA giving Renoir paintings the finger.

Infantile. Yes.

Dave

I love all the old masters works...but I'd never buy a print for that very reason.
Why would I, it's in public domain...you can down loaded it for free. And that the way it should be, IMHO


Barbara,

People buy old masterworks from FAA all the time. I have no clue who though. The mark up is $5 to $15 usually.

You can download, yes, but to get a work printed? You need to buy from a fulfillment center or go to Walmart I guess.

Dave

David, the public buys tons of old master's prints...or there would not be over 500,000 places on google where you can buy it.

All I'm saying, is it's not for me...every time I'd look at the print, I'd cringe... knowing that master or his/her family saw not a penny.

I don't want it hanging on my wall...and my walls are full of art and I own a gallery.... I do have dead artist's work in my collection, but there are all originals bought from the artist or his/her estate...and I would never sell a print, ever. Not even with the rights, bought and paid for...

But that's just me, I don't follow the masses...I go in the opposite direction, it my nature. ;-))

Cheers, Barbara

Barbara,

I agree, I would not hang an old masterwork either. I do not fully know why not? I have not thought it through.

It is a bit like fresh vegetables. I want what was just produced in the field.

My paternal grandfather was a very talented artist, but nowhere near being famous. His work is my favorite. Along with my maternal
grandmothers work from when she was in her mid 90s. All very beautiful artwork. As the favorite grandchild of three of my grandparents,
I feel very lucky to have memories of each of them.

Dave

Put the old farts in storage and make way for some new stuff.

Thank you Edward...my sentiments exactly...


and maybe that what the protesters are trying to say :-))


Cheers, Barbara

no he is just advertising his instagram account, nothing more.

Dave

Jessica-

You enter a piece in a show. You give your friends signs to protest your work. They parade around the event....drawing the attention of the public. You put pictures of the protesters on the web during the event. Perhaps you draw the attention of the local media or national media.

The next minute you know people at the event are flocking to your piece to see what all the hullabaloo is about. Suddenly you have made a name for yourself. Maybe you'll sell that piece or maybe not. The fact is: Your marketing ploy worked. And it didn't cost a penny.

Besides, the event promoters will appreciate the crowds.

Jim:

OMG. I stand corrected. Thanks for finding & posting the article, I would have bet all the art I ever made (and all my art supplies) that this was a joke. And lost.

Takes all kinds to make a world.

I noticed none of the protesters in the photos wrote the artist's first name on the posters. Spelling "Pierre-Auguste" correctly was probably beyond their literacy capabilities.

I also noticed in the article posted by Jim that this guy seems to have a problem with people of my gender and complexion...

Maybe the Taliban of taste are moving in... they reconquered some universities already putting some Mark Twain on the index.
There are plenty of moral bigots on here as well - I can tell from experience.