{"id":8,"date":"2013-03-06T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-05-01T09:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:48:30","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"About George Rodrigue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GEORGE RODRIGUE
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Born and raised in Cajun Country<\/b>, Louisiana, U.S.A., artist George Rodrigue<\/b> portrayed on his canvas what he feared was his dying heritage\u2014-including its land, people, traditions, and mythology.\u00a0 <\/span>As he often explained, he sought to \u201cgraphically interpret the Cajun culture,\u201d preserving it in the face of a progressive world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rodrigue\u2019s art studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles spawned one of the greatest success stories in American art.\u00a0 <\/span>In the early 1990s his Blue Dog Series<\/b>, based on the French-Cajun loup-garou legend, catapulted him to worldwide fame, while his dark Renaissance-like landscapes developed into robust modern masterpieces. Learn more by exploring:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rodrigue’s Extended Bio<\/a> <\/span><\/h3>\n

Rodrigue’s Documentary Film<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Also, for more insights, study our Interactive Timeline<\/a> and explore the Blue Dog origin story in the essay “How a Cajun Legend Became a Pop Icon”<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Additional information in “George Rodrigue, Painter of Blue Dog, Dies at 69” via The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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