Voting Station

Cassius Marcellus Coolidge

Please vote to return to collections.

Artist

The Resume

    (September 18, 1844-January 13, 1934)
    Born in Antwerp, New York
    Nickname was 'Cash'
    Contracted in 1903 by the St. Paul company Brown & Bigelow to create 16 different paintings of dogs in various human situations
    Nine of the paintings depicted dogs playing poker, including his most famed 'A Friend in Need' (pictured)
    Died in Grasmere, Staten Island at age 89

Why he might be annoying:

    He didn't marry until age 64, and married a woman 35 years his junior.
    He created the gimmicky tourist icon called Comic Foregrounds, where life-size cutouts of cartoon caricatures in amusing poses were made with the head cut out so people could place their heads within to be photographed.
    Four of his poker playing dogs are shown with four aces, an extremely rare poker hand.
    He moved his family to a remote part of Staten Island where it took his wife and daughter three hours to get to and from work and school, respectively.
    His oft imitated poker playing dogs are a staple painting for many a bachelor pad.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was largely a self-taught artist.
    He founded Antwerp's first bank.
    He invented and received a patent for an apparatus to collect fares from street cars.
    Chasing boys from an abandoned house he fell and injured his knee, giving him a permanent limp.
    He wrote an opera titled 'King Gallinipper,' also designing the costumes and the scenery, which was produced on stage.
    Two of his poker playing dog paintings went up for auction and were expected to bring between $30,000 and $50,000, but sold for a whopping $590,400 (February 15, 2005).

Credit: Scar Tactics


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 380 Votes: 53.42% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 154 Votes: 58.44% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 767 Votes: 59.58% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 27 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 43 Votes: 65.12% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 165 Votes: 56.36% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 135 Votes: 54.07% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 61 Votes: 80.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 224 Votes: 61.61% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 128 Votes: 50.78% Annoying