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Is the painting of the dogs playing poker a joke?
Hey, Matt:
I've always wondered about that painting of the dogs playing poker. Was that painted as a joke or was the artist serious when he did it? Where did that thing come from?
-- Art Appreciation, Carlsbad
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844-1937) is the New York genius behind the dog paintings (there are at least eight versions of them). Don't know when he found the time. He founded a bank; published a newspaper; ran a drug store; painted signs; drew caricatures; and invented those painted boards with the faces cut out so people at amusement parks could stand behind them, stick their heads through, and have their pictures taken as a muscle man or a bathing beauty. In the 1920s, he hit on the idea of painting dogs in human situations -- riding trains, playing pool, playing cards. A printing company reproduced them as posters and calendars for advertising giveaways. They were a smash hit. Even bigger than the comic opera Coolidge wrote about a plague of mosquitoes in New Jersey. We're still trying to track down the details of that artistic endeavor.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Is the painting of the dogs playing poker a joke?
Is the painting of the dogs playing poker a joke?
Hey, Matt:
I've always wondered about that painting of the dogs playing poker. Was that painted as a joke or was the artist serious when he did it? Where did that thing come from?
-- Art Appreciation, Carlsbad
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844-1937) is the New York genius behind the dog paintings (there are at least eight versions of them). Don't know when he found the time. He founded a bank; published a newspaper; ran a drug store; painted signs; drew caricatures; and invented those painted boards with the faces cut out so people at amusement parks could stand behind them, stick their heads through, and have their pictures taken as a muscle man or a bathing beauty. In the 1920s, he hit on the idea of painting dogs in human situations -- riding trains, playing pool, playing cards. A printing company reproduced them as posters and calendars for advertising giveaways. They were a smash hit. Even bigger than the comic opera Coolidge wrote about a plague of mosquitoes in New Jersey. We're still trying to track down the details of that artistic endeavor.
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