{"id":16045,"date":"2022-09-03T14:02:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T19:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/?p=16045"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:05:50","slug":"evangeline-with-a-basket-of-roses-ca-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/evangeline-with-a-basket-of-roses-ca-1975\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangeline with a Basket of Roses ca. 1975"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19350 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Evangeline-with-Basket-of-Roses-new-frame-web.jpg\" alt=\"George Rodrigue Cajuns\" width=\"916\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Evangeline-with-Basket-of-Roses-new-frame-web.jpg 916w, https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Evangeline-with-Basket-of-Roses-new-frame-web-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Evangeline-with-Basket-of-Roses-new-frame-web-768x838.jpg 768w, https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Evangeline-with-Basket-of-Roses-new-frame-web-600x655.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><b><i data-wp-editing=\"1\"><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><b><i data-wp-editing=\"1\">Evangeline with a Basket of Roses<br \/>\n<\/i><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">ca. 1975 by George Rodrigue<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">24 x 20 inches<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Oil on canvas<br \/>\n<\/span>Signed by the artist<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/galleries\/\">Contact gallery for pricing.<\/a>\u00a0 <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><em>Availability subject to change without notice.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Henry Wadsworth Longfellow\u2019s 1847 epic poem: <i class=\"\">Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie,\u00a0<\/i>followed an Acadian girl named Evangeline Bellefontaine as she searched for her lost love, Gabriel Lajeunesse. \u00a0The story tells of their separation on their wedding day during the British expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia in 1755. \u00a0A story of faith and devotion, the poem had a lasting cultural impact on the people of Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>Like Jolie Blonde, Evangeline was a recurring theme of George Rodrigue\u2019s work. \u00a0She represented his commitment to the preservation of his Cajun heritage, and this painting is one of over one hundred canvases he painted during the course of his forty-year career. \u00a0In almost every painting, she has fair skin, dark hair, and a traditional white dress, most often set in a typical Rodrigue Cajun landscape with the massive oak tree, cut off at the top, and the light glowing from an unidentified source.<\/p>\n<p>Held in a private collection since 1975, the painting is now available at Rodrigue Studios. \u00a0It has been recently cleaned and varnished, revealing the \u2018painterly\u2019, wide brushstrokes made by the artist. \u00a0As he painted her skirt, the swirls of his brush outline the shape of her legs beneath, creating shadows, with small sections of the canvas revealing the under-paint, and absence of the darker shades on top.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Evangeline with a Basket of Roses ca. 1975 by George Rodrigue 24 x 20 inches Oil on canvas Signed by the artist Contact gallery for pricing.\u00a0 Availability subject to change without notice. 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