Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s A Friend in Need
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Oct 28, 2019 | Blog | 0 comments
This iconic painting is one of a series of 16 oil paintings, they were commissioned in 1903 by Brown & Bigelow to advertise cigars. Coolidge’s paintings are often simply called “Dogs Playing Poker,”. Despite his obscurity, Coolidge was quite creative.
He is also credited with inventing comic foregrounds that people could stand in front of to take photos like “Fat Man in a Bathing Suit.” Coolidge also painted them doing other activities like playing baseball and arguing in court.
