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.”
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 […]
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.
![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.](https://georgerodrigue.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
