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 a digital or offset lithography press.
Posted on: 7/17/2012
5.0Exellent Quality go;s good in my lounge
By AshTray
from Carnarvon Western Australia
- Attractive Frame Design
- Great Quality Material
- Nice Workmanship
- Could be a little lighter
- Decoration
- Lounge room piece
- Age:
- 40 – 44
- Gender:
- Male
- Display Location:
- Lounge Room