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When An Artist’s Pet Also Serves As Their Muse: Famous Artworks Featuring Animals

“A Friend in Need” created by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge

If we asked art lovers for suggestions for this article, even the most sophisticated art historians would say that they could not think of pets in paintings without picturing a group of dogs playing poker.

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There are no rules in art, and this article is no exception! Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s “Dogs Playing Poker” series is possibly the most well-known and certainly the most kitschy artwork on this list.

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