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\"The-Finish-Line-2001-54x72\"The Finish Line
\n<\/i><\/b><\/span>2001 by George Rodrigue
\n<\/span>54×72
\n<\/span>Acrylic and water-based oil on canvas<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: \u00a0New Orleans<\/span><\/p>\n

A unique and outstanding master work from Bodies<\/i>, Rodrigue\u2019s The Finish Line<\/i> combines a classic, feminine nude with the artist\u2019s contemporary, hard-edged line, composition, and palette. \u00a0This particular piece also reflects Rodrigue\u2019s ongoing interest in color field painting (such as Barnett Newman) and surrealism (such as Salvador Dali). \u00a0In this large-scale work, Rodrigue incorporates a naturalistic figure into an imagined environment and, in replacing the woman\u2019s head with the Blue Dog\u2019s, a mysterious, anonymous subject.<\/span><\/p>\n

The nude figure appears in Rodrigue\u2019s artwork as early as the 1960s. \u00a0Even prior to his signature Oak Tree, the female form captivated his attention, first in hundreds of drawings created from studio models during his Life Drawing Classes at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, followed by loose and abstracted figures in paint, and finally romantic renderings of Jolie Blonde or Evangeline-type nudes floating like ghosts within Rodrigue\u2019s landscapes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nudes also appear in early paintings from the Blue Dog Series. \u00a0However, following a health scare that resulted, in the early 1990s, in his permanent switch to acrylic paint, Rodrigue struggled with this classic subject matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA woman\u2019s skin must be soft,\u201d said the artist, when he finally abandoned the nude. \u00a0The fast-drying acrylic paint made the necessary blending near-impossible without causing a rough build up of pigment on the canvas.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the early 2000s, Rodrigue discovered a water-based oil paint. \u00a0He spent much of a two-to-three year period in a dedicated return to the traditional female nude in a series he called Bodies<\/i>, on view during the exhibition Rodrigue\u2019s WOMEN<\/i>, opening March 25th 2017 in New Orleans.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about the Nude in Rodrigue works on Wendy Rodrigue’s Life and Legacy page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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