Jul 7, 2023 WEST BATON ROUGE MUSEUM: An unlikely lesson late in life remains a ghost-like mystery within George Rodrigue’s loose and sketch-like acrylic landscapes of 2009. Filmed within the exhibition, “George Rodrigue: The River is the Road,” at the West Baton Rouge Museum, with Wendy Rodrigue by Douglas Magnus. Organized by the Life &Continue reading “Rodrigue’s Art of Compromise (or not)”
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President Ronald Reagan by George Rodrigue
Jun 29, 2023 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: The surprising story behind George Rodrigue’s 1986 historic portrait of President Ronald Reagan, filmed with Wendy Rodrigue at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Lots of intrigue with this one surrounding the painting’s design, multiple unveilings with Rodrigue and President Reagan, and a Moscow Summit exhibition that resulted inContinue reading “President Ronald Reagan by George Rodrigue”
Blue Dog Hog by George Rodrigue
May 27, 2023 NEW ORLEANS: Join Wendy Rodrigue for the story behind George Rodrigue’s famous hand-painted Harley Davidson motorcycle. Filmed by Douglas Magnus at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel.
Rodrigue Steinway Piano
Apr 28, 2023 NEW ORLEANS: The surprising story behind George Rodrigue’s breathtaking 2012 artwork, hand-painted over four months on a 1913 Steinway & Sons piano, with restoration by Hall Piano Company. Filmed by @douglasmagnus at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 2023.
A WWII Museum Masterpiece: George Rodrigue’s “Victory on Bayou St. John”
Apr 22, 2023, NEW ORLEANS: George Rodrigue described his painting of General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Boat Builder Andrew Higgins for The National World War II Museum as “the most important project of my life.” Filmed by Douglas Magnus at @wwiimuseum 2023.