Original Famous Dogs Playing Poker Painting
They were painted as part of an advertising campaign to sell cigars but they become part of the american fabric.
Original famous dogs playing poker painting. More from this artist similar designs. All eighteen paintings in the overall series feature anthropomorphized dogs but the eleven in which dogs are seated around a card table have become well known in the united states as. More from this artist similar designs. A friend in need by c m.
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Cassius marcellus coolidge is probably best known for his famous paintings dogs playing cards. The series includes the artist s original poker game 1894 painting along with 16 other oil paintings commissioned in 1903 by brown bigelow to advertise cigars and an additional 1910 painting. His earliest paintings of dogs playing poker dating back to the 1870s decorated cigar boxes and served as a way for tobacco companies to distinguish themselves from their near identical competitors. Dogs playing poker by cassius marcellus coolidge refers collectively to an 1894 painting a 1903 series of sixteen oil paintings commissioned by brown bigelow to advertise cigars and a 1910 painting.
It s not commonly known but dogs playing poker by cassius marcellus coolidge refers to not just one painting but 18 of them. But it wasn t until 1903 when coolidge signed a contract with the minnesota based promotional firm brown bigelow that his success was assured. The artist was cassius marcellus coolidge. I love these american gambling art and poker paintings from the 1900s.
Most downloads size popular. He mostly made oil paintings. Just over ten years later coolidge was commissioned by brown bigelow for their new cigar campaign. More from this artist similar designs.
In 1893 a new york sun article mentioned coolidge s picture with three large dogs playing poker. He painted large and small dogs in courtrooms at poker tables and even did a painting of dogs on a football field. Coolidge has earned the dubious distinction of being called the most famous.