Original Famous Dogs Playing Poker Painting

Just over ten years later coolidge was commissioned by brown bigelow for their new cigar campaign.

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. Coolidge has earned the dubious distinction of being called the most famous. Most downloads size popular. The poker club painting.

A friend in need by c m. More from this artist similar designs. 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. He painted large and small dogs in courtrooms at poker tables and even did a painting of dogs on a football field.

In 1893 a new york sun article mentioned coolidge s picture with three large dogs playing poker. Before the sale it was estimated that the two rare paintings from cassius marcellus coolidge s 1903 series of dogs playing poker would fetch 30 000 to 50 000 said alan fausel senior vice. It s not commonly known but dogs playing poker by cassius marcellus coolidge refers to not just one painting but 18 of them. More from this artist similar designs.

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. More from this artist similar designs. Cassius marcellus coolidge is probably best known for his famous paintings dogs playing cards. Noah s poker night painting.

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. 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. Dogs playing poker painting. I love these american gambling art and poker paintings from the 1900s.

More from this artist similar designs. Get 10 free shutterstock images pick10free. Coolidge thanks to dogs playing poker painter cassius marcellus coolidge a k a.