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George Rodrigue

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,

The Blue Dog.

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New Mixed Media Available: Gallery Edition II: Untitled “S” Series

Gallery Edition II: Untitled “S” Series Mixed Media 1990 by George Rodrigue 28 x 25 inches Acrylic paint and silkscreen ink on paper Location: New Orleans One of Rodrigue’s earliest silkscreens, Gallery Edition II was produced by master printer, Edmond de Boisblanc of Lafayette, Louisiana. This exceptional and rare print was the […]

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I’ve always approached painting knowing that my job is not to make an accurate representation of a subject–

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Celebrating Carnival Season with "Fat Tuesday...

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Celebrating Carnival Season with "Fat Tuesday Girl

Celebrating Carnival Season with "Fat Tuesday Girl" 2000, silkscreen on paper, 19 x 19 inches, hand signed, edition of 250.

Available at Rodrigue Studios. Learn more by contacting us via link in bio.

By the mid-1970s a thirty-year old George ...

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By the mid-1970s a thirty-year old George Rodrigue

By the mid-1970s a thirty-year old George Rodrigue, now living in Lafayette, Louisiana, declared himself King [of Mardi Gras]. He built a platform in front of his house on Jefferson Street, where, dressed in full regalia, he and his dog greeted passing parades. (Pictured with Tiffany, the original model for Rodrigue's Loup-Garou and later Blue Dog paintings.)

“I displayed a huge banner,” explains George, “that said ‘The Real King.’ Two parades passed my house on Mardi Gras Day. The party started small – just me and Tiffany on the platform. Within three years we had 500 people, all throwing custom-designed Rodrigue doubloons.”

For George, the highlight each year occurred when the parade stopped at his platform, and the two kings toasted. One year, he climbed aboard the King’s float and presented a gift, a live chicken, which caused havoc among the courtiers. #tbt

Learn more from "All Hail King George" at Wendy Rodrigue's Life and Legacy page at link in bio.

George Rodrigue created his first Blue Dog Mardi ...

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George Rodrigue created his first Blue Dog Mardi G

George Rodrigue created his first Blue Dog Mardi Gras silkscreen in 1992. He designed the simple, strong image by hand, drawing the outlines for each color on a separate sheet of tracing paper to make the six-color print, and emphasizing the traditional Mardi Gras colors of purple (justice), gold (power), and green (faith).

Rodrigue’s Mardi Gras prints continued to evolve over the next 20 years as he began to experiment with new techniques and designs as in this piece printed on metallic paper.

Mardi Gras 2009
34x24 inches
Edition of 90 signed by the artist
Printed on reflective "chrome” paper
Available at Rodrigue Studios by contacting us at link in bio.

In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the ...

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In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the

In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the New Orleans Museum of Art is open to the public with free admission on January 17, from 10 am to 3 pm.

Reposted photo from @neworleansmuseumofart [📷 @erietvelt] of George Rodrigue's We Stand Together, 2005, Collection of Besthoff Sculpture Garden, NOMA.
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One of Rodrigue’s earliest silkscreens, Gallery ...

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One of Rodrigue’s earliest silkscreens, Gallery

One of Rodrigue’s earliest silkscreens, Gallery Edition II was produced by master printer, Edmond de Boisblanc of Lafayette, Louisiana. This exceptional and rare print was the beginning of the entire Blue Dog silkscreen saga. While the edition of this print was 90, the artist had several prints outside the edition that he hand-embellished with ties, sunglasses, eyelashes and eyebrows, a sheriff’s badge and gun, and other whimsical embellishments. While the exact number of these one-of-a-kind embellished works is unknown, the number is quite low, and likely less than ten.

"After printing some of these early silkscreens, I decided to paint onto a few of them. These pieces were the first of my mixed media editions, and they expanded the horizon of what I could do with a silkscreen print." G.R. from the book George Rodrigue Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, published by Harry N. Abrams, NY. 2008.

Gallery Edition II: Untitled “S” Series Mixed Media (one of a kind)
1990
Acrylic paint and silkscreen ink on paper
28 x 25 inches
Newly available at Rodrigue Studios. Learn more by contacting us at link in bio

Happy Carnival Season! Rodrigue paintings from ...

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Happy Carnival Season! Rodrigue paintings from 198

Happy Carnival Season! Rodrigue paintings from 1989 to 1991 are transitional images, where the Blue Dog has not yet left the Louisiana landscape, but is no longer a threatening loup-garou (or Cajun werewolf). Mardi Gras Dog is one of those paintings. Created in 1991, the focus of the composition is the Blue Dog dressed in Mardi Gras paraphernalia, painted as though it was a Cajun person, a ghost at eye level, trapped within the artist’s design and existing within an actual environment. This iconic painting celebrated its thirtieth anniversary last year.

To commemorate the beginning of the transformation from Loup-garou to the Blue Dog, Rodrigue Studios is proud to release a stunning Estate-stamped stone lithograph, published in Paris, France of Mardi Gras Dog. Printed on high quality rag paper by a company still producing lithographs in the traditional manner, the colors of this lithograph are rich and varied and pays tribute to the enduring work of George Rodrigue.

MARDI GRAS DOG 1991
Stone Lithograph by George Rodrigue
Designed 1991/Printed 2021 in Paris, France
Numbered Edition of 90, including the Rodrigue Estate Stamp (Sold unframed)
28 x 22 inches
Available at Rodrigue Studios and online at link in bio.

In 1974, George Rodrigue Paints "Jolie ...

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In 1974, George Rodrigue Paints "Jolie Blonde" #tb

In 1974, George Rodrigue Paints "Jolie Blonde" #tbt

The image is painted completely from Rodrigue's imagination in one night based upon a famous Cajun waltz about a "pretty blond." Painting exhibited at Le Salon des Artistes in Paris and the image is used in his first silkscreen. Like the oak tree, Rodrigue paints Jolie Blonde throughout his career.

Learn more about the life of Rodrigue in our online Timeline in our website’s About section.

From 1990 on, the Red Dog made appearances in ...

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From 1990 on, the Red Dog made appearances in Rodr

From 1990 on, the Red Dog made appearances in Rodrigue’s paintings — sometimes symbolizing good versus evil, but never in a sinister way. The inclusion of the Red Dog was always done rather light-hearted and in jest, more often a reference to the playful and mischievous side of the artist himself. The Red Dog also took on a patriotic meaning when paired with a Blue and White Dog, or sometimes it represented love. Quite often, the title of the painting gave more insight into Rodrigue’s inclusion of the Red Dog such as I’ve Learned to be on Both Sides of the Issue (1996), I Had a Bad Brother (2009) or She Stole My Burning Heart (2006)

Inspired by the love song (of the same title), written by the Bee Gees, and sung by American country music icons, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, Islands in the Stream is certainly about love, and was featured in the 2001 book by George and Wendy Rodrigue, Blue Dog Love. The caption beneath the image reads “two wandering hearts find each other and become one."

This large-scale painting featuring the head and shoulders images of both the Blue Dog and the slightly smaller Red Dog represent a couple navigating life on a powerful and colorful stream.

Islands In the Stream
2000
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 inches
Newly available and on display at Rodrigue Studios New Orleans. Learn more by contacting us at link in bio.

Three in One pictured at Rodrigue Studios 2nd ...

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Three in One pictured at Rodrigue Studios 2nd floo

Three in One pictured at Rodrigue Studios 2nd floor gallery space in New Orleans’ French Quarter.

From the beginning there was a real challenge in creating the dog as a sculpture, because for Rodrigue the Blue Dog only existed in two dimensions. It’s not like a dog at all; it doesn’t run, or bark and certainly doesn’t have a backside. It only exists in a specific pose and on a flat plain within a Rodrigue painting.

For years, Rodrigue was in search of a design for a sculpture that would stand on its own while retaining the strong, well-defined Blue Dog shape. By the late 1990s, the idea of a Blue Dog sculpture because almost a daily part of Rodrigue’s creative process. He toyed with multiple ideas, until, one evening while absentmindedly folding cocktail napkins in a restaurant, it came to him. Pinching together three napkins with his fingers, he balanced them on one edge, holding the concave arches between his fingers. He realized each side would be dog-front (and no backside), and the feet would match up at the bottom.

He created these three-sided sculptures in aluminum, painted them with acrylic paint along with automotive paint and sealer. Over the years, he produced this sculpture in three-foot, six-foot, and eight-foot heights, as well as one which stands twenty-eight feet overlooking Veterans Memorial Boulevard in New Orleans.

THREE IN ONE
2012 by George Rodrigue
46 x 25 x 25 inches, with 36 inch detachable pole
Acrylic paint on aluminum, with automotive sealer
Available and on display at Rodrigue Studios New Orleans

Happy belated birthday to the KING with "You ...

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Happy belated birthday to the KING with "You Ain't

Happy belated birthday to the KING with "You Ain't Nothin' But a Blue Dog" from 1996 (24x36 inches, private collection). Elvis was born on January 8, 1935, and George Rodrigue, a life-long fan, often painted Elvis and/or used his song titles for inspiration in his works.

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Are you on the Rodrigue Studios email list? Be the

Are you on the Rodrigue Studios email list? Be the first to learn about the latests news, new arrivals and new releases by signing up at link in bio.

PC Blues
2000
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 inches
Private collection

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Here is a ...

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Repost from @btmuseum5977: Here is a picture of G

Repost from @btmuseum5977:

Here is a picture of George Rodrigue as a Boy Scout with his Troop 136 here in New Iberia. Can you recognize any of his fellow scouts? If so, please respond to this post. We'd love to identify each one.

One of Rodrigue’s earliest silkscreens, Gallery ...

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One of Rodrigue’s earliest silkscreens, Gallery

One of Rodrigue’s earliest silkscreens, Gallery Edition II was produced by master printer, Edmond de Boisblanc of Lafayette, Louisiana. This exceptional and rare print was the beginning of the entire Blue Dog silkscreen saga. While the edition of this print was 90, the artist had several prints outside the edition that he hand-embellished with ties, sunglasses, eyelashes and eyebrows, a sheriff’s badge and gun, and other whimsical embellishments. While the exact number of these one-of-a-kind embellished works is unknown, the number is quite low, and likely less than ten.

"After printing some of these early silkscreens, I decided to paint onto a few of them. These pieces were the first of my mixed media editions, and they expanded the horizon of what I could do with a silkscreen print." G.R. from the book George Rodrigue Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, published by Harry N. Abrams, NY. 2008.

Gallery Edition II: Untitled “S” Series Mixed Media (one of a kind)
1990
Acrylic paint and silkscreen ink on paper
28 x 25 inches
Newly available at Rodrigue Studios. Learn more by contacting us at link in bio.

On this day twelve years ago, George Rodrigue ...

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On this day twelve years ago, George Rodrigue part

On this day twelve years ago, George Rodrigue partnered with collector Henry Shane to install a 30 foot tall Blue Dog Sculpture on Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie, Louisiana.

At the time G.R. said of the now iconic Blue Dog and sculpture, "It's kind of become a symbol of New Orleans and the recovery. People react to it; that it's our dog. The city, the state; it's become part of the culture here."

Over the years, George Rodrigue found himself ...

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Over the years, George Rodrigue found himself freq

Over the years, George Rodrigue found himself frequently using some of the same motifs in his paintings and silkscreens. Flowers, hearts, swirls, eyes, candles….all were recurring designs found throughout his work, which changed in style and meaning over his three-decade career.

In the summer of 2012, Rodrigue found himself in Houston for several months, faced with misdiagnoses and conflicting reports on his illness; by the fall, he was back home with the encouraging news that his cancer had entered remission. “I’m recycling my life,” noted Rodrigue, and his paintings reflected it. These canvases from 2012 were packed with symbolism and optimism.
For Rodrigue, flowers clearly represented a rebirth, but it was also a design element he simply found appealing; often referring to them as “eyes with petals”. While his early Cajun works were limited to use of flowers in the hands or basket of Jolie Blonde or Evangeline, his later works from the Blue Dog series used this element as a focal point.

In Heart and Soul, he combined his love of color with these strong images of pink flowers on a striking yellow background, surrounding the full image of the Blue Dog. Reflecting the artist’s tender and romantic side, he placed a heart with a flower in the center of the Blue Dog, applying an exceptionally suitable title.

Heart and Soul
Silkscreen by George Rodrigue
Designed 2012 / Printed 2021
24 x 18 inches image and paper size
Estate Stamped Edition of 150 (Sold Unframed)
Available for online purchase at link in bio

Walker Percy, made famous by his first novel, The ...

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Walker Percy, made famous by his first novel, The

Walker Percy, made famous by his first novel, The Moviegoer, in 1961, his career followed with many successes in both fiction and nonfiction. Instrumental in getting John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces published in 1980. The National Endowment for the Humanities chose Percy as the winner for the 1989 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. Rodrigue painted the author as one in a series for one of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Flora Levy annual lectures during the 1980's. #tbt

Walker Percy
1982
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 inches
Private collection

From 1990 on, the Red Dog made appearances in ...

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From 1990 on, the Red Dog made appearances in Rodr

From 1990 on, the Red Dog made appearances in Rodrigue’s paintings — sometimes symbolizing good versus evil, but never in a sinister way. The inclusion of the Red Dog was always done rather light-hearted and in jest, more often a reference to the playful and mischievous side of the artist himself. The Red Dog also took on a patriotic meaning when paired with a Blue and White Dog, or sometimes it represented love. Quite often, the title of the painting gave more insight into Rodrigue’s inclusion of the Red Dog such as I’ve Learned to be on Both Sides of the Issue (1996), I Had a Bad Brother (2009) or She Stole My Burning Heart (2006)

Inspired by the love song (of the same title), written by the Bee Gees, and sung by American country music icons, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, Islands in the Stream is certainly about love, and was featured in the 2001 book by George and Wendy Rodrigue, Blue Dog Love. The caption beneath the image reads “two wandering hearts find each other and become one."

This large-scale painting featuring the head and shoulders images of both the Blue Dog and the slightly smaller Red Dog represent a couple navigating life on a powerful and colorful stream.

Islands In the Stream
2000
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 inches
Newly available and on display at Rodrigue Studios New Orleans. Learn more by contacting us at link in bio

George Rodrigue painted Three Coins in the ...

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George Rodrigue painted Three Coins in the Fountai

George Rodrigue painted Three Coins in the Fountain in the summer of 2003 in his Carmel, CA, home following a trip to Italy. The triptych was inspired by the 1954 romantic comedy, which featured the three stars of the film each throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain in Rome. Frank Sinatra famously sang the title song for the film with the lyrics:

"Three coins in the fountain, each one seeking happiness. Thrown by three hopeful lovers, which one will the fountain bless? . . . Just one wish will be granted. One heart will wear a valentine. Make it mine!”

Typical to Rodrigue’s process, he used references from popular culture to title his work in order to bestow his vision with deeper layers of meaning. In most of these pieces, Rodrigue presented the Blue Dog asking the eternal, ever-present questions common to all people such as, “Why am I here?” and “Where am I going?” However, here we see the shape and color of Rodrigue’s iconic Blue Dog, set on three different, strongly-colored backgrounds of red, purple, and yellow specifically each asking that question common to all dreamers, “Will my wish be granted?”

Three Coins in the Fountain (Purple)
2003/2020
12 x 12 inches
Estate Stamped edition of 100
#3-40 Available as a Triptych only (Sold Out)
#41-100 Available Individually
Learn more by contacting us at link in bio

George Rodrigue painted his son, André, with ...

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George Rodrigue painted his son, André, with Sant

George Rodrigue painted his son, André, with Santa Claus in 1979. As with most of the artist's Cajun works, he used a photograph of figures and created a south Louisiana landscape around them. In this case, the original photo was from the Acadiana Mall which had just opened in Lafayette, Louisiana, that year. #tbt

Andre' and Santa Clause
1979
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 inches
Private collection

2022 Rodrigue Blue Dog Wall Calendar Available to ...

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2022 Rodrigue Blue Dog Wall Calendar Available to

2022 Rodrigue Blue Dog Wall Calendar Available to Buy Now!

New George Rodrigue calendar features colorful bold, contemporary paintings by George Rodrigue! Available at your local bookseller, our Lafayette or New Orleans galleries or online at Amazon at link in bio.

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