1944-2013. Born and raised in southwest Louisiana, “Cajun Country,” George Rodrigue preserved on his canvas what he feared was his dying heritage — including its land, people, traditions and mythology. It was a Cajun legend, the loup-garou, that spawned his most famous series,
“I grew up feeling a strong relationship to the old things, to the old culture, and I got a stronger feeling when I went to Los Angeles to school. I really started to understand how different I was and how different my Louisiana was.”
I’ve always approached painting knowing that my job is not to make an accurate representation of a subject–
IT’S GOT TO TRANSCEND THAT.
Celebrating Thirty Years in New Orleans 1989-2019 Rodrigue Studio 730 Royal Street New Orleans, Louisiana As the Rodrigue family celebrates their 30th year in New Orleans, Rodrigue Studios has assembled artwork that represents all genre and periods of George Rodrigue’s body of work, including Landscapes, Cajuns, Portraits, Hurricanes, Blue Dogs, […]
