Hello friends this day steemit want them to come talk about 10 essential data paint "Dogs playing poker" surely you have ever seen the painting of dogs playing poker and even smoking! This painting is by the painter Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, and has been named the most famous of an American artist. But why did not you know these 10 things about your story?
1.This work of art is not just a painting, it is part of a series: Coolidge began exploring this type of painting using cigar boxes, when he worked for a advertising company , started doing works like "A bold Bluff "," Poker Sympathy "and " Pinched with four aces" that were reproduced on posters, calendars and paintings, some as part of promotional gifts.
2.The most popular part of this work is dogs cheating: In painting you can watch as the white boxer passes a letter to his partner on the left to help him with the game, this action caused the painting to be mistakenly called "A friend needed .
3.This painting managed to make Coolidge famous in the 60s: Coolidge already had a bit of fame with works he did with cartoon figures , but with the painting "dogs playing poker" achieved sales between $ 2,000 and $ 10,000 dollars.
4.Dogs playing poker I've never received much praise: For critics this painting is more a poor representation of what is "genuine art"
5.It has been positioned mainly in home decoration: In the 70s the demand for dogs playing poker reached its highest level and this caused it to reproduce in different forms such as calendars, t-shirts, cups, etc.
6.It is also seen as a kind of self portrait: Coolidge was known as a swindler as well as someone with many careers, such as painter of calendars, signs, houses and even a pharmacist, so the dogs represented Coolidge's ambitions .
7.Dogs playing poker, has managed to sell for a lot of money: An auction in 1998 managed Sell an original painting by Coolidge for $ 74,000. And in 2005, it was intended to sell two of the paintings for $ 30,000 to $ 50,000, however an anonymous buyer paid $ 504,400 for them, establishing a record for the sales of the works of Coolidge .
8.Great artists were inspired by Coolidge : The author was inspired by works by painters as Caravaggio , Cézanne or La Tour.
9.Not all the series of "Dogs playing poker" have to do with dogs playing: The author painted 16 pieces of the collection, but only 9 of them show dogs playing poker.
10.Coolidge's wife and daughter were not fans of painting: In 2002 the 92-year-old daughter of Coolidge told the New York Times that she and her mother were more cat loving and not I imagined cats playing poker.
As you can see, this painting has a lot of history behind it, do you like it?
