Looking at the further works of the author, his specialty seem to be shock-value clickbait. So we can probably ignore him. And the "more and more people" seems

Looking at the further works of the author, his specialty seem to be shock-value clickbait. So we can probably ignore him. And the "more and more people" seems to be a crank who organized a silly protest on Boston Common, a quote from a contemporary novelist, and a friend labelled "discerning." Visceral disgust at Renoir calls into question your discernment. > Hating Renoir is...rooted in the feeling that a modern nude should express some convincing quotient of reality. Renoir is hardly a modern painter. Should we go back and impose the ideals of musique concrete on Mozart?