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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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“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.”

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Celebrating 40 Years of Talk About Good II at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum

In 1979 George Rodrigue loaned twelve of his Cajun paintings for use in Talk About Good II, a cookbook produced by the Junior League of Lafayette, Louisiana. The paintings introduce the book’s chapters and include dinner scenes, seafood preparations and Cajun characters, each complemented by Rodrigue’s brief descriptions. In 2019 […]

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.

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Jazz Fest art joins Rodrigue’s “Blue Dogs and ...

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Jazz Fest art joins Rodrigue’s “Blue Dogs and Cajuns on the River” in this repost from @jazzfest
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For us, Mardi Gras season begins when the Jazz Fest artwork goes up on the front of the @sheratonnola on Canal Street.
Thank you Sheraton New Orleans Hotel!
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George Rodrigue’s powerful painting, Dayglo ...

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George Rodrigue’s powerful painting, Dayglo Dogs, combines hard edges and, in this case, near neon colors, to form a dynamic imaginary world.
The black, abstract tree links the elements, creating interesting pink shapes so that negative vs. positive becomes ambiguous.
Dayglo Dogs, 1997, 36x63, Acrylic on canvas. Available and on display at Rodrigue Studios New Orleans.

Artist George Rodrigue with his painting Magitte ...

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Artist George Rodrigue with his painting Magitte (unfinished) in his studio, Lafayette, LA, circa 2003.

See the completed original painting, now on view in New Orleans. Contact gallery for pricing.

“I dropped the Cajun influence, just painting a ...

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“I dropped the Cajun influence, just painting a Blue Dog, and I wondered, What does that mean?” –G.R.

Pictured: "Blue Dogs on the Moon" also called "You've Gone Away, and Now You've Become More Than I Can Handle!" 1991, oil on canvas, 30x40, Private Collection.

A newly written spooky history of our gallery in ...

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A newly written spooky history of our gallery in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Regarding the apparition, "In 2009, the Rodrigue Art Gallery of famed “Blue Dog” artist George Rodrigue moved from across the street into the building. Coincidentally, in the 1980s, Rodrigue had painted “A Night Alone,” a beguiling portrait of (a clothed) Julie as she sat by the chimney on the roof of the building where she would eventually die. It was part of the artist’s “Bayou” collection of 40 paintings exploring Louisiana myths and legends, and was the only painting Rodrigue ever set in the French Quarter. While Julie is said to visit other parts of the building during the warmer months, she has yet to visit the gallery itself, according to an employee." .
Read full story via @verylocalnola at link in bio ☝️

Butterfly Blues, 2011, an Original Silkscreen by ...

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Butterfly Blues, 2011, an Original Silkscreen by George Rodrigue, Numbered Edition of 350, #1-120 signed by the artist (Sold Out), #121-350 Official Rodrigue Estate Stamp, 24x48 inches. Now available at Rodrigue Studios.

George Rodrigue explains the origins of the ...

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George Rodrigue explains the origins of the Acadians and their migration to South Louisiana and why he chose to paint their pain and suffering. #tbt #cajuns #acadiana

Video recored in Rodrigue's Lafayette, Louisiana studio for “Rodrigue: Acadian Artist” 1983.

Keg Arabians
1982 by George Rodrigue
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Keg Arabians
1982 by George Rodrigue
Oil on canvas
40 x 30

George had a career-long passion for depicting aspects of competitive sports, including horse racing, football, the Olympics, and even the Cajun card game, bourré.

In a private collection since Rodrigue painted it in 1982, Keg Arabians celebrates these magnificent horses with bright colors, music, and a lively, animated composition. At one point, the painting was featured on the cover of an auction catalogue for Arabian horses.

On display and available at Rodrigue Studios New Orleans.

“Without variation in shape, one would think ...

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“Without variation in shape, one would think these round saucer eyes would cause a static expression. But this is not the case. The other elements in the dog’s face become very important. In changing those elements, even slightly, in relationship to each other, the dog’s expression varies." -G.R.
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📷 George Rodrigue at his easel, 2001

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Trinity: Red, White, Blue (triptych), 2003 by ...

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Trinity: Red, White, Blue (triptych), 2003 by George Rodrigue, Each canvas 24x20x1.5 inches; (painted sides), unframed

George Rodrigue often had fun with his titles, including this one: Trinity, which toys with the idea that all three personalities make up the Blue Dog. The inspiration and model for the Blue Dog was of course, Tiffany, the black and white family pet that died years earlier. Rodrigue found her image and stance to be ideal to illustrate the Cajun myth of the loup-garou. Over time, the representation changed, but the loup-garou and Tiffany remained deep-rooted in the development of the Blue Dog series. Rodrigue first painted the Red Dog in 1990, at first to embody perhaps the darker, mythical side of the loup-garou, but over time, the red shifted in meaning — sometimes as an alter ego, sometimes love, and sometimes when combined with the White Dog and the Blue Dog, became part of a patriotic statement. Nonetheless, these symbolisms remained secondary to the artistic arrangements of shape, color and design.

Now available at Rodrigue Studios. Learn more at link in bio ☝️

After turning down multiple proposals that came ...

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After turning down multiple proposals that came his way, George Rodrigue was intrigued by one he received in 2000 from Xerox and the legendary New York Advertising firm of Young & Rubicam. Eager to work with this award-winning team, he accepted this collaboration on a worldwide advertising promotion. Given tag phrases such as “a faster breed”, “taking care of business” and “a smarter breed”, Rodrigue painted more than twenty canvases for possible use in the print, billboard, and multi-media campaign. Among those canvases was We’re All the Same Inside, which emphasizes the fact that the Blue Dog isn’t always blue, and here appears in four toner colors of yellow, cyan, black and magenta.
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We’re All the Same Inside
2001
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 inches
Now available at Rodrigue Studio. Contact gallery for price.

For more than two decades, George Rodrigue ...

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For more than two decades, George Rodrigue combined the landscape, people, and traditions of southwest Louisiana to create scenes both imaginary and honest. Through contrasting these concepts, as well as traditional elements of artistic style, he graphically interpreted the Cajun culture in a highly personal way. Rodrigue’s French-Cajun mother often recounted the legend of the loup-garou, a crazy wolf that frightened children into minding their parents. He first painted it in 1984, mimicking the shape of his deceased dog. Beneath a dark night sky, Rodrigue imagined the loup-garouas grey-blue in color.

Between 1984 and 1991, Rodrigue revisited the loup-garou, an image he invented, a dozen or more times, always within dark landscapes. The paintings did not stand out to him or to others. They existed exclusively as part of his Cajun Series. Then, in 1991, in a brave and bold step, an artist well established and famous within his genre broke free. He shocked himself, his collectors, and the world with the painting Loup-garou. It was his first painting in twenty-five years that did not include the Louisiana landscape. This commanding artwork changed everything, and heavily influenced this work, Changing Moods, painted in this same year when the true Blue Dog Series began. “The Blue Dog, I realized, had to stand alone. With this image, I could take my art in a completely new direction. I could comment on life today. I could ask universal questions: ‘Where did I come from? Where am I going? What does it all mean?’ - George Rodrigue

Changing Moods
1991
Oil on canvas
14x11

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Happy Mardi Gras with King George! During the ...

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Happy Mardi Gras with King George! During the early 1980’s George often crowned himself the King of Lafayette #MardiGras and threw elaborate parties at his home and gallery for his friends and collectors. Each year, as the parade passed in front of the Rodrigue home, George would toast the other Kings. On this occasion, George’s great friend Louis Mann the “Pontiac Man” rode as King of Gabriel and George stopped the parade to give the king a present, a live chicken inside a box. Much to the dismay of the Gabrielle Krewe, when Louis opened the box and released the chicken it frantically pooped all over the King’s clothes and ruined royal garb. The families of the two Kings still love retelling the story to this day! #tbt @lafayettetravel

I've Learned to be on Both Sides of Any ...

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I've Learned to be on Both Sides of Any Position
1996
Acrylic on Linen
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George Rodrigue demonstrated his patriotism often within his paintings. Even in his first book The Cajuns of George Rodrigue (1976, Oxmoor House) he wrote, “I have a series of paintings showing the American flag to reveal the strong national pride of the Cajun. He wanted to be a part of something; he wanted a country; he wanted to be an American.” Originally painted for George Rodrigue’s Blue Dog for President Exhibition in 1996 at Union Station in Washington, DC, this painting joined several others from his Blue Dog Series highlighting the artist’s patriotic and political themes.
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George Rodrigue with his A Number One Tiger Fan ...

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George Rodrigue with his A Number One Tiger Fan painting in 2011. The work was completed in partnership with the @lsumoa for their Rodrigue retrospective exhibit on display that year. Prints of this piece benefited arts in education and continue to raise funds for non-profits through the @rodriguefoundation Print Donation Program. Good luck to @lsufootball today!

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"Chicken on the Bayou" 1986 by George Rodrigue, oil on canvas, 24x36 inches.
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"So fond was the Landry Family of their chicken, Clotile, that they commissioned this portrait of her. I call it ... The 200-pound Chicken on the Bayou!" -G.R.
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The A Number One Tiger Fan LSU Blue Dog Cow now on...

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The A Number One Tiger Fan LSU Blue Dog Cow now on display at Rodrigue Studio in New Orleans. Originally painted for Rodrigue’s retrospective exhibit at @lsumoa, this cow was one of several George painted in his career following Chicago’s Cow Parade exhibit. Good luck to LSU Monday! #geauxtigers

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"Last Night I Went Looking for Myself" 2007 by George Rodrigue, Acrylic on linen, 24x20 inches.
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Following the chaos of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, George Rodrigue’s Blue Dog entered a Dark Period. It was almost a year after the storm before George returned to his easel, and when he did, the fragmented, dark canvases indicated a strong departure from the controlled, deliberate, hard edge shapes of his earlier Blue Dog and Cajun works. These new paintings, also called The Dream Series, lack definition, as though the Blue Dog, just like the rest of George’s world, exploded into chaos and unpredictability.
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George Rodrigue with several of his early Cajun ...

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George Rodrigue with several of his early Cajun and landscape paintings, including the iconic Jolie Blonde, in this newly discovered archive photo circa 1974 #tbt

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