Cassius Marcellus Coolidge

Cassius Marcellus Coolidge ( born September 18, 1844 in Antwerp, New York, † January 13, 1934 in New York City, New York) was an American painter. He became known with his suffered because of an advertising campaign of a cigar company painting series " Dogs Playing Poker".

On February 15, 2005, two of his works A Bold Bluff and Waterloo were: Two in the auction house Doyle New York auctioned. The contract was awarded at $ 590,400. This auction proceeds constitutes a record for Coolidge's works

Works (selection)

The picture set, which also includes the poker playing dogs belong, includes the following paintings:

  • A Bachelor 's Dog
  • A Bold Bluff
  • Breach of Promise Suit
  • A Friend in Need
  • His Station and Four Aces
  • New Year's Eve in Dogville
  • One to Tie Two to Win
  • Pinched with Four Aces
  • Poker Sympathy
  • Postmortem
  • The Reunion
  • Riding the Goat
  • Sitting up with a Sick Friend
  • Stranger in Camp
  • Ten Miles to a Garage
  • Waterloo

Private

Coolidge married at age 64 in 1909 Gertrude Kimmell ( born October 17, 1883 † 4 August 1977), her daughter Marcella was born in 1910. Coolidge died on January 13, 1934 in New York City.

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