Renoir Sucks At Painting And There's An Instagram Account To Prove It

By NOAH BECKER August, 2018

I've never been a fan of Renoir's paintings. As a figurative painter it drives me crazy to look at his work, I just can't stand it. There's something so wishy washy about his use of color and brush strokes - I never got it. I get so many other artists but not Renoir.

Now I discover that I'm not alone in my epic dislike for the art of Pierre-Auguste Renoir - there are others who share my disdain.

An instagram account called Renoir Sucks At Painting shares my views on Renoir but takes things a bit further. They go a bit overboard with the Donald Trump tie-in - Trump has fake prints of famous Renoir paintings hanging on his walls. But I get get it, fine - go for it guys...

So although I detest Renoir's paintings, this Instagram account makes me feel a bit sorry for the artist.

I'm not a fan of hating on artists because someone horrible was associated with their art. Take Richard Wagner and Adolf Hitler (maybe a bad example), or Weird Al Yankovic and Michael Jackson (better), or Donald Trump and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. WM