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.”
West Baton Rouge Museum, Port Allen, LA Evangeline: Evolution of an Icon May 15, 2021 – October 31, 2021 Located in South Louisiana the West Baton Rouge Museum will host the exhibition Evangeline: Evolution of an Icon, highlighting George Rodrigue’s depiction of Evangeline both in his Cajun and Blue […]
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.
