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WHAT HAPPENED George 1718 ~ 2018 Rodrigue painted his first Blue Dog 300 in 1984. TRICENTENNIAL

Owning George Rodrigue artwork is like owning a piece of . Born and raised in , Rodrigue was an established and respected artist even before his Blue Dog fame, with notable

works featuring Cajun life and THENEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE landscapes including his series “Evangeline” and “The Class,” George which won an honorable mention Rodrigue from Le Salon in in 1974. with a Blue Then, in 1980, Rodrigue was Dog painting ‘We Will Rise approached to paint a series of Again’ images to accompany a book of ‘The Aioli Dinner,’ (1971) depicted a meeting of a Creole gourmet society. (2005) Louisiana ghost stories. In those GEORGE RODRIGUE FOUNDATION IMAGES FOUNDATION RODRIGUE GEORGE paintings, Rodrigue rendered his ‘Uncle Earl’ (1989) late dog Tiffany as the loup-garou. Rodrigue’s wife Wendy Ro- drigue, says her husband was haunted by the image of the dog, and he kept painting it in the bay- ou. Gradually the Blue Dog lost its scary loup-garou features and became a worldwide cultural icon. ‘The Other Brother’ (1997) Blue Dog appeared in Rodrigue’s ‘Paul Prudhomme’ (1987) inauguration painting of Bill Clin- ton and Al Gore, in a painting for George Rodrigue was commissioned Absolut Vodka, and then in a ma- to create a Blue jor ad campaign for Xerox. Dog sculpture Rodrigue helped raise millions for the corner of Veterans of dollars for New Orleans after Boulevard and , and created President Bill Clinton commissioned a Severn Avenue. It THENEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE 1993 inauguration portrait. was installed in an arts foundation in his name. 2010. He died in 2013. ‘No. 1 Tiger Fan’ proceeds benefited LSU.