Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. George Rodrigue, Artist Who Painted Blue Dog, Dies at 69. By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Published: December 18, 2013. George Rodrigue, whose career as an... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. George Rodrigue, Artist Who Painted Blue Dog, Dies at 69. By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Published: December 18, 2013. George Rodrigue, whose career as an artist started with dark and lush landscapes of his native Louisiana bayou but shifted abruptly,... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. George Rodrigue, Artist Who Painted Blue Dog, Dies at 69. By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Published: December 18, 2013. George Rodrigue, whose career as an artist started with dark and lush landscapes of his native Louisiana bayou but shifted abruptly, and profitably, when he began a series of portraits of a single subject, a melancholy mutt that came to be known as Blue Dog, died on Saturday in Houston. He was 69. The cause was cancer, his family... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. George Rodrigue, Artist Who Painted Blue Dog, Dies at 69. By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Published: December 18, 2013. George Rodrigue, whose career as an artist started with dark and lush landscapes of his native Louisiana bayou but shifted abruptly, and profitably, when he began a series of portraits of a single subject, a melancholy mutt that came to be known as Blue Dog, died on Saturday in Houston. He was 69. The cause was cancer, his family said. Mr. Rodrigue, who grew up in New Iberia, in southern Louisiana, set out to document and celebrate Cajun culture with works such as The Aioli Dinner (1971), which depicts traditional gatherings on the lawns of plantations. He won recognition in... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. George Rodrigue, Artist Who Painted Blue Dog, Dies at 69. By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Published: December 18, 2013. George Rodrigue, whose career as an artist started with dark and lush landscapes of his native Louisiana bayou but shifted abruptly, and profitably, when he began a series of portraits of a single subject, a melancholy mutt that came to be known as Blue Dog, died on Saturday in Houston. He was 69. The cause was cancer, his family said. Mr. Rodrigue, who grew up in New Iberia, in southern Louisiana, set out to document and celebrate Cajun culture with works such as The Aioli Dinner (1971), which depicts traditional gatherings on the lawns of plantations. He won recognition in France and Italy. He painted portraits of famous people, including the celebrity c... Read full biography
George Rodrigue - Artist Info
About George Rodrigue: Books
Books & Publications (6)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Why is Blue Dog Blue?
2002
Rodrigue, George and Bruce Goldstone
0 pages (color)
Knute Heldner and the Art Colony in Old New Orleans
2000
Bragg, Jean; Dr. Susan Saward
72 pages (color)
George Rodrigue A Cajun Artist
1996
Freundlich, Lawrence S
221 pages
A Couple of Local Boys:Paintings by George Rodrigue Poetry by Gus Weill