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Why These Hipsters Hate Renoir

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The French Impressionist’s crimes are many, says @Renoir_sucks_at_painting founder Max Geller. So what would he have galleries replace Renoir with?

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When ranting about his profound contempt for Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Max Geller frequently returns to the word “treacle.”

The French Impressionist painter’s renderings of bourgeois leisure are shamelessly “treacly”; his portraits of doll-faced

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