Cracker is a Silly Ass - Delightful Dogs Art Print M.W. Remington Mucha's art elevated product advertising

Mucha's art elevated product advertising to a form of high art

This cozy illustration adorned the cover of Cicely Mary Barker's book At the Window

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the artist behind this piece

perhaps contemplating a love lost

Cracker is a Silly Ass - Delightful Dogs Art Print M.W. Remington Mucha's art elevated product advertisingIn The Artists Models (1930), a collection of dog portraits by Cecil Aldin, readers learn about his process. Owners left their dogs with him, allowing him to study them and create winning portraits reflecting their personalities. His excellence as a pet portraitist grew with Cracker, the bull terrier, and Mickey, the Irish Wolfhound, his favorites. It's told that Cracker would crack bones for Mickey, who, in turn, reached inaccessible items with his