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Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
Born September 18th, 1844 in Antwerp, New York and died January 13th, 1934, Coolidge (aka Kash Koolidge) was an American artist, best known for his series of paintings "Dogs Playing Poker".
He often signed his work Kash Koolidge in the 20th century for comic effect. Coolidge was born to abolitionist Quaker farmers, and was raised near Philadelphia, New York. Like many American painters, he had almost no formal training as an artist.
The flora of Buckinghamshire: With biographical notices of those who have contributed to its botany during the last three centuries|G.Coolidge left the family farm in the early 1860s and struggled to find permanent work. Between 1868 and 1872 he worked as a druggist and a sign painter, at one point founded a bank and also a newspaper, before eventually moving to Rochester, NY, where he started painting dogs in human situations.
His art career began during the 1860s/70s with a small gig making cartoons for a local newspaper.
Coolidge is credited with creating "comic foregrounds," which are novelty photographs