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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.
Sep 28, 2018 · The series includes the artist’s original "Poker Game" (1894) painting, along with 16 other oil paintings commissioned in 1903 by Brown & Bigelow, and an additional 1910 painting. Discover the story behind these poker-faced pups.
Nov 24, 2021 · Dogs Playing Poker is the collective name for a series of 18 paintings by the American artist Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, who often wrote his name as “Kash Koolidge”. In this article, we take a closer look at one of the more famous paintings from the series titled A Friend In Need (c. 1903 – 1910).
Jun 6, 2018 · Coolidge painted dogs ballroom dancing and playing football and baseball, but it was the one-two punch of canines and poker that’s proven most enduring. This makes sense: Card games, with their inherent tension between what’s seen and what’s unseen, often make for entertaining paintings.
Nov 7, 2023 · Dogs Playing Poker has never received much critical praise. These painting, which were commissioned for commercial use, are regarded most often as kitsch, art that is basically bad to the bone.
Feb 13, 2022 · US painter Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’siconic Dogs Playing Poker is one of the most recognizable paintings in the gambling world and beyond. But, what’s not that widely known is that...
Jun 12, 2023 · In Pinched with Four Aces, the poker tables have suddenly turned when four dogs dressed as policemen storm into the smoky room of poker players from the right. The emotions on the dog’s faces as they get raided range from anger to surprise, contempt, and fear.
