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.
Join Wendy Rodrigue at the LSU Women’s Center for a “Life & Legacy” presentation showcasing paintings of women by her late husband, George Rodrigue. Thursday, November 8th, 2018, 4:00 p.m. LSU Women’s Center Louisiana State University 5 Union Square Baton Rouge, LA (225) 578-1714 wc@lsu.edu Free and Open to the […]
