The Fascinating Paintings of “Dogs Playing Poker”

A classic example of modern kitsch artwork

A Friend in Need (1903)
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Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s Dogs Playing Poker is a series of around sixteen oil paintings created between 1903 and 1910. Sure, these paintings might not appeal to art critics and would rather be categorized as kitsch art — but I bet, these paintings are immediately recognizable to people of all ages and…