Dogs Playing Poker- by Electric Art Gallery

Size: 24"x34" Five Dogs playing America's favorite game for all the chips. Companion artwork " " can be seen as art on the back wall. Framed picture with LED lighting effects by Electric Art. Tap or hover mouse over picture to see LED lights turn ON/OFF. Miniature incandescent bulb in lamp fixture. Yellow LED lights around card table. Dogs Playing Poker is part of a series of paintingsby Cassius Marcellus Coolidge in 1894. The original purpose was for a cigar advertisement. This series of Kitsch artworks by Coolidge are part of a 18 piece collection created in the 1890s. All the artworks depict Five or Six dogs of various breeds playing pool or cards together. Over the years Coolidges' work has inspired a number of similar collections by other Artists.Prior to creating his famous series Coolidge did not have a well known reputation. He wrote once that he was inspired by other Artists of his era including Cézanne and Caravaggio. And while Coolidge did not receive a great deal of publici