George Rodrigue | |
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| Born | March 13, 1944 New Iberia, Louisiana, United States |
| Died | December 14, 2013 (aged 69) |
| Education | University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Art Center College of Design |
| Known for | Painter |
George Rodrigue (March 13, 1944 – December 14, 2013) was an American artist who in the late 1960s began painting Louisiana landscapes,[1] followed soon after by outdoor family gatherings[2] and southwest Louisiana 19th-century and early 20th-century genre scenes.[3] His paintings often include moss-clad oak trees,[4] which are common to an area of French Louisiana known as Acadiana. In the mid-1990s Rodrigue's Blue Dog paintings,[5] based on a Cajun legend called Loup-garou, catapulted him to worldwide fame.
His funeral Mass was open to the public and held at St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square, New Orleans.
- ^ "Early Oak Trees and a Regrettable Self-Portrait". www.wendyrodrigue.com. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
- ^ "The Aioli Dinner and a Cajun Artist". www.wendyrodrigue.com. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
- ^ "Farmer's Market". www.wendyrodrigue.com. April 2012. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
- ^ "Early Oak Trees and a Regrettable Self-Portrait". www.wendyrodrigue.com. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- ^ "Blue Dog: In the Beginning, 1984-1989". www.wendyrodrigue.com. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 2018-09-11.