| Birth name | Aliases | |
| Cassius Marcellus Coolidge | None | |
| Birth date | Birth place | |
| September 18, 1844 | Antwerp, NY USA | |
| Date of death | Place of death | |
| January 13, 1934 | New York, NY, USA |
| Known for |
 ![[WWW]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hisstationand4aces-coolidge.jpg){kind=small} Wikimedia |
| painting "dogs playing poker" | |
| Occupation(s) | |
| painter | |
| Website | |
![[WWW]](http://rocwiki.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small} DogsPlayingPoker.com Bio |
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| Wikipedia | |
![[wikipedia]](http://rocwiki.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/inter.png){kind=small} Cassius Marcellus Coolidge |
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, famous for his "dogs playing poker" paintings, was a banker, drugstore owner, writer, inventor, and painter who founded a drugstore in Rochester in 1872. He returned to live in Rochester after an 1873 trip to Europe. While living in Rochester he was a travel writer for the Watertown Times.
Two of his "dogs playing poker" paintings sold at auction in 2005 for over $590K.
Coolidge is also credited with inventing the "Comic Foreground", painted wooden cutouts for taking pictures at carnivals, etc. For local examples, go to Lagoner Farms to be photographed as a flower, fruit, or vegetable.
Coolidge was the illustrator for "Prophet of Peace", a 1906 book by his cousin, Asenath Carver Coolidge which was dedicated to her brother, John Townsend Coolidge, "a believer in peace and jollity". Google Books -
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Material above derived mostly from the DogsPlayingPoker.com biography page
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