{"id":19023,"date":"2025-08-05T10:31:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/?p=19023"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:44:13","slug":"george-rodrigue-cajuns-the-chef-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/george-rodrigue-cajuns-the-chef-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chef 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"George<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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The Chef
\n<\/i><\/b><\/span>1987 by George Rodrigue
\n<\/span>Approximate size, 40 x 30 inches
\n<\/span>Oil on canvas
\n<\/span>Signed by the artist<\/p>\n

Contact gallery for pricing.<\/a>\u00a0 Availability subject to change without notice.\"George<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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George Rodrigue met Francoise and her husband Baron le Vison when he was passing through New Mexico on his way to Carmel, California. Together the couple ran the Courtyard Kitchen, a Cajun restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico which did not allow children, offered no vegetarian options, changed its menu daily, and set up a pay what you wish model that involved visitors dropping money into a cashbox at the end of their meal.<\/p>\n

After developing a friendship, the Visons hung Rodrigue\u2019s work in their restaurant and in 1987 Rodrigue painted a portrait of Chef Francoise. In the painting Chef Francoise stands in her chef\u2019s uniform in front of a signature Rodrigue black oak tree, and carrying her signature saut\u00e9 pan. The tree features information about her restaurant. This painting is available along with the study for this painting<\/a> in the form of an ink on canvas sketch. Though they are listed separately, this offering presents a rare opportunity to own a work that demonstrates Rodrigue\u2019s artistic process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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