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Artist – Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) Chow paintings

  It is an absolute honor to the chow breed to have had one of the leading British wildlife painters of all time, depict these 2 chows in his artworks.   The one above entitled “Orange Pekoe” circa 1903 I would love to have in my own collection.  This piece was created in Gouache and measures 14.5 […]

Artist – L.H. Larsen chow painting – Utah State Senator in 1949

This unique chow artwork has a fascinating story behind the artist Lewis “Dude” Larsen and his historic postcard business.  He created a number of dog portraits along with his “ranch life” inspired scenes.  The artist also played a ranch hand in the movie called “Stallion Canyon”1949 –reference SOURCE    Lewis H. Larsen was born in 1909  in […]

Fay Compton – English Actress and her chows circa 1919

Its always such a treat to discover I have more than one snippet or photo  of a person with their chows.   I had the actual article above in my albums for years, then as I was paging through looking for something else I realized I also had an autographed postcard of the actress with […]

Artist – C. Francis Wardle – Portrait of Muff – Pet of T.R.H. Duke and Duchess of Kent

This beautiful and rare etching above is a print I purchased from the U.K. which measures about 8×10 in size.     It is on heavy stock and slightly embossed to frame the dog.   This is the lovely chow called “Muff” (or also seen in print as “Mouff”) who was a gift to Prince Edward […]

1985 ARTICLE- The Smooth Chow Comes out of the Closet – by Zola Coogan

This historic article written by Zola Coogan of Redcloud Chows, first appeared in the May 1985 Kennel Review.  The author,  along with the breeders named below , were instrumental in reviving interest in the smooth coated chow chow in the United States and ultimately returning the smooth back to it’s rightful place in the 1986 Standard after a […]

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