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Apr 20, 2025 ALEXANDRIA MUSEUM OF ART: Perhaps the most famous of the Blue Dog Series paintings, George Rodrigue’s “Hawaiian Blues” was commissioned by the department store Neiman Marcus in 1998 for the cover of their catalogue. Join Rodrigue’s widow, Wendy, for the story, filmed by Douglas Magnus at the Alexandria Museum of Art inContinue reading “Hawaiian Blues by George Rodrigue”

Mar 18, 2025 ALEXANDRIA: Join Wendy Rodrigue for a brief tour of The River is the Road: Paintings by George Rodrigue featuring 52 artworks from 1968-2013, including Louisiana Landscapes, Cajun Folklife, Mystical Blue Dogs and, always, Surrealism, exploring the river in Rodrigue’s paintings as a metaphor for the journey of life. Organized by the GeorgeContinue reading “George Rodrigue at Alexandria Museum of Art”

Mar 13, 2025: ALEXANDRIA MUSEUM OF ART Born March 13, 1944, George Rodrigue was the only child of George, Sr. and Marie Courrege Rodrigue. Enjoy the story behind a classic Rodrigue painting, “Boudreaux in a Barrel”(1972), adapted by George from a family photograph, circa 1920, and featuring his parents. Exhibition organized by the Life &Continue reading “Rodrigue’s “Boudreaux in a Barrel” (1972)
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Mar 11, 2025: ALEXANDRIA MUSEUM OF ART A large scale and rarely seen historical masterpiece, George Rodrigue’s “Louisiana Cowboys” (1987) is on view through June 21, 2025 at the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, Louisiana, as part of The River is the Road Paintings: Paintings by George Rodrigue. Exhibition organized by the George RodrigueContinue reading ““Louisiana Cowboys” 1987 by George Rodrigue”