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George Rodrigue Studios - Artwork, Blue Dogs, Online Shop 🎨 Jacques Rodrigue, the artist’s son, holds today’s @wsj, spotlighting BLUE: The Life and Art of George Rodrigue! Discover the Cajun roots and iconic Blue Dog that made George Rodrigue a global legend in this must-see documentary available to stream tomorrow on @pbs!
Blue Dog: How a Cajun Legend Became a Pop Icon The journey Rodrigue took to discover how Blue Dog would evolve was worked out in true artist fashion on thousands of his canvases over many years
Big News: Nationwide Documentary Release Details The one-hour film explores the origins of the Blue Dog, first painted in 1984 and inspired by the Loup-Garou—a “crazy werewolf dog” from Cajun lore—and was modeled after Rodrigue’s family canine, Tiffany
Blue Dogs - George Rodrigue Studios Blue Dogs What now is perhaps the most recognizable of Rodrigue images did not begin that way The first “Blue Dog” painting was originally conceived in 1984 as an illustration of loup-garou for a book of Cajun ghost stories The loup-garou was a mythical werewolf dog from French legends
Biography of George Rodrigue In the early 1990s his Blue Dog Series, 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:
Available Paintings - George Rodrigue Studios Beginning in the early 1990s Rodrigue’s Blue Dog Series, based on the French-Cajun loup-garou legend, became an internationally known icon of pop art and catapulted the artist to worldwide recognition
The Teachers Gone 1991 - George Rodrigue Studios Painted in 1991, The Teacher’s Gone is a focused depiction of the Blue Dog In the painting, George Rodrigue explores the power of the dog’s shape by choosing to have half of the dog’s body occupy the majority of the canvas
The Blues Can Hide a Bad Apple - George Rodrigue Studios In 1992, George Rodrigue painted The Blues Can Hide a Bad Apple, a work that features three blue dogs and one red dog Rodrigue began painting red dogs in 1990 to depict the blue dog’s alter ego or sly side As the painting’s title suggests, here, the red dog represents the blue dog’s bad side
The Art of George Rodrigue View Paintings, Prints, Mixed Medias and Books by George Rodrigue, including his world famous Blue Dog
Explore “Rodrigue: Before the Blue Dog. ” The Cabildo in Jackson Square . . . Before George Rodrigue’s Blue Dog paintings catapulted him to international fame, the artist was already known for his dark, often ghostly, depictions of the Cajun landscape, culture, and people Born and raised in New Iberia, Rodrigue returned to the region after attending art school in Los Angeles with a new appreciation of its distinctiveness