Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Acclaimed Louisiana artist George Rodrigue was best known for his world-famous “Blue Dog” paintings, and now, ...

The ghosts of George Rodrigue’s Acadiana childhood populate the pre-Blue Dog paintings that would one day bring him renown far beyond the bayou. The spectral depictions of friends, neighbors and ...

George Rodrigue’s work invites people to ask questions, experience otherworldliness and view shifting versions of themselves. That’s the genius in how his art manages to be universally accessible ...

Meet the man behind the iconic Blue Dog in Blue: The Life and Art of George Rodrigue. This PBS documentary film takes a deep dive into the mesmerizing world of the late, great Louisiana painter George ...

How did a cocker spaniel/terrier mix with wild blue hair and soulful golden eyes capture not just the hearts of art lovers, but ordinary people all over the world? It’s just one of many questions ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – George Rodridgue, an artist who chronicled Cajun life and later found fame with his enigmatic “Blue Dog” images, died Saturday in Houston after a long battle with cancer, the ...

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LOUISIANA — The new documentary about 'Blue Dog' painter George Rodrigue premiers Sunday, Dec. 8. The documentary, 'Blue: The Life and Art of George Rodrigue,' tells the story of the upbringing, ...

During an interview for “BLUE: The Life and Art of George Rodrigue,” the artist’s son Jacques says that if you had called his grandmother a “Cajun,” she might have slapped your face. But the ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - It’s a primary color and was a “good girl”, and there are actually thousands of them. What is it? Or they? The answer is Blue Dog paintings. And about sixty of George Rodrigue ...

Louisiana artist George Rodrigue dedicated his new book Blue Dog Speaks “To Brother Edward Scanlan, who threw me out of class for drawing.” Brother Edward was a Christian Brother who taught Rodrigue ...