Dogs are betting they can sniff out a “Bold Bluff” in this campy painting by Cassius Coolidge. One of a series of 16 ads he created for the advertising firm Brown & Bigelow, “Bold Bluff” captures Coolidge’s famous talent for humanizing hounds. Its deep colors and shadowy characters add playful pool-hall spirit to a family room. Pairs well with Coolidge’s “Friend in Need.”
Although he’s most famous for his anthropomorphized dog paintings, Cassius Coolidge also founded a bank, drug stores, a newspaper, and invented the life-sized carnival figure cutouts with holes to insert faces thereby transforming people into muscle men, pin-up beauties and other characters. His series of 16 dog paintings were originally created for the advertising firm Brown & Bigelow as part of an emerging concept at the time – branding or “remembrance advertising.”
This art print displays sharp, vivid images with a high degree of color accuracy. A member of the versatile family of art prints, this high-quality reproduction represents the best of both worlds: quality and affordability. Art prints are created on paper similar to that of a postcard or greeting card using an offset lithography press.