His paintings often include mossclad oak trees, which are common to an area of french louisiana known as acadiana. He went to an allboys high school and then later studied at two art colleges, one in louisiana and one in california. He is famous for many paintings, but i think the most beloved is his series of blue dog paintings. This led to first lady rosalyn carter noticing the book and giving it as an official gift of state during president jimmy carters administration. George rodrigue s career as an artist started with dark and lush landscapes of his native louisiana bayou. George rodrigue artist art for sale george rodrigue. The book was entitled bayou and rodrigue painted forty canvases in reference to the characters and places featured in the stories.
Learn about george rodrigue who is known for his blue dog art. George rodrigue was activelived in louisiana, california. Behind the yellow eyes of the blue dog by george rodrigue. As he often explained, he sought to graphically interpret the cajun culture, preserving it in the face of a progressive world. George rodrigue was an american artist originally from new iberia, usa, known mostly for his paintings of the blue dog which catapulted him to worldwide fame. George rodrigue was born and raised in new iberia, louisiana. George rodrigue studios artwork, blue dogs, online shop. He began by painting outdoor scenes at family gatherings, using an oak tree as his main subject in hundreds of paintings. George rodrigues blue dog art lesson deep space sparkle. George rodrigue was an american artist originally from new iberia, louisiana, who in the late 1960s began painting louisiana landscapes, followed soon after by outdoor family gatherings and southwest louisiana 19thcentury and early 20thcentury genre scenes.
The paintings introduce the book s chapters and include dinner scenes, seafood preparations and cajun characters, each complemented by rodrigue s brief descriptions. View paintings, prints, mixed medias and books by george rodrigue, including his world famous blue dog. In 1979 george rodrigue loaned twelve of his cajun paintings for use in talk about good ii, a cookbook produced by the junior league of lafayette, louisiana. George rodrigue artist keywords and quick facts george. But it shifted abruptly, and profitably, when he began a series of portraits of a single.
George rodrigue march, 1944 december 14, 20 was a cajun artist who grew up in new iberia, louisiana. In the mid1990s rodrigue s blue dog paintings, based on a cajun legend called loupgarou, catapulted him to worldwide fame. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. George rodrigue is known for blue dogs and bayou landscape painting, posters. Born and raised in the heart of french louisiana, artist george rodrigue b.
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