1991
From New Iberia, Louisiana, George Rodrigue is known for his Blue Dog series, inspired by his long-deceased childhood pet, Tiffany, whom he posed with other animals and people for his popular paintings and prints.
Rodrigue had early art talent, and while ill for nearly a year, he used watercolors and crayons to pass the time, and this activity set his future. He studied at the University of Southwestern Louisiana and in Los Angeles at the Art Center College of Design. For a while, Rodrigue painted Abstract Expressionist works but then went back to creating paintings that reflected his own Cajun culture, including folk tales and bayou and swamp landscapes.
Gradually a black and white spaniel, based on his childhood companion, Tiffany, increasingly appeared in Rodgrigue's paintings and became the Blue Dog, now a compelling and humorous Pop figure in his original works and silkscreen reproductions. In 2000, representatives of the Xerox corporation commissioned Rodrigue with a multi-million dollar contract to do a series of Blue Dog paintings to promote their printers.
Rodrigue was also the artist for the Absolut Vodka ads and created the artwork for three New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival posters. The 1995 poster, with the portrait of Louis Armstrong, as well as the one created in 1996 that featured Pete Fountain, have become collector's items.
Rodrigue and his wife, Wendy, created the House of Blues Foundation Room to support arts and cultural programs for youth. Money is raised through the sale of his paintings. A George Rodrigue museum is in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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(Biography provided by Louisiana Art, LLC)
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I See You, You See Me - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a single pale blue dog on a purple background. There are soulful yellow eyes on the dog and scattered on the background in various sizes. This pop ar...
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$7,995
H 30 in W 23 in D 1 in
Star Spangled Blue Dog - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of the dog donning a US flag motif necktie. The dog is sitting on a blue background with white stars. The dog has soulful yellow...
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$21,995
H 34 in W 24 in D 1 in
Untitled Blue Dog With Red Eyes - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 3 different outlined portraits of dogs. One frame is 1 dog on a white background, another is 2 dogs on a dark blue background with a moon and the 3rd i...
Screen
$20,995
H 34 in W 24 in D 1 in
Original Untitled Proof Red Eyes - Signed Remarqued Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 3 different outlined portraits of dogs. One frame is 1 dog on a red background, another is 2 dogs on a dark blue background with a moon and the 3rd is ...
Screen
$14,995
H 18 in W 25 in D 1 in
I see You, You See Me Red - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a single pale blue dog on a red background. There are soulful yellow eyes on the dog and scattered on the background in various sizes. This pop art a...
Screen
$6,995
H 23 in W 31 in D 3 in
Oh Say Can You See - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a dark blue background with various sizes of Blue Dog soulful yellow eyes and 3 dogs; 1 white & black, 1 red and one blue. All dogs...
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$4,400Sale Price|64% Off
H 22 in W 17.5 in
Midnight Surprise (Blue Dog Series), George Rodrigue
By George Rodrigue
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: George Rodrigue (1944-2013) Title: Midnight Surprise (Blue Dog Series) Year: 2000 Edition: 62/150, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on archival paper Size: 22 x 17.5 inches Con...
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Absolut Dog - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of the dog sitting on a red background with a frame of blue. The dogs ears are in the shape of Absolut Vodka bottles. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. ...
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$7,495
H 24 in W 30 in D 1 in
Top Dog Silver - Signed Silkscreen Print - Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a dog on a silver background. The dog is embellished with dark blue around the nose and has soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original print on paper is guaranteed authentic and is hand signed by the artist. Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “Top Dog...
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Top Dog - White - Blue Dog Silkscreen Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of one blue dog sitting on a white background with a blue frame line around the dog. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original silksc...
Screen
Peter Max Statue of Liberty (Signed, Stamped & Numbered) - Framed Print
By Peter Max
Located in New Orleans, LA
A large, bright, powerful image of the statue of liberty by famous American artist Peter Max. I have included a photo of this same print being offered on Artsy for significantly more money. You can read about this iconic series by visiting the website of Park West Gallery...
Archival Paper
LeRoy Neiman "Polo Lounge" - Signed, Framed, Large - Find the Movie Stars!
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a signed press proof of one of Leroy Neiman's coolest images, created originally for Playboy Magazine in two panels. This never fails to get guests' attention on the wall, as...
Lithograph
All Sewn Up (Trompe L'Oeil Superrealism Framed Modern Still Life Painting)
By Mary Faulconer
Located in New Orleans, LA
I was intrigued to find that Mrs. Paul Mellon (yes, that Mellon) was a collector of Mary Faulconer's work, and that a number of her paintings around this size had sold from the Mello...
Oil
Vector (Large Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting, Framed)
By Guy Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "I typically paint abstractly, but this is part of a recent series of paintings that is loosely figurative. They harken back to 80s neo-Expressionism and Figurat...
Plastic, Charcoal, Tar, House Paint, Acrylic
Rosetta #15 (Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed)
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Comes framed and ready to hang in a high-profile maple float frame. Artist’s Statement: “I have been working on more formal and restrained paintings lately, and decided to loosen up...
Paper, Chalk, Tar, House Paint, Acrylic, Watercolor, Polyurethane
The Last Aristocrat (Framed Contemporary Wood Panel Quadriptych Painting)
By Armand Delatour
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Very difficult to photograph inside the case with glass front, so we took one outside the case. A video is included that we hope helps, thought it suffers from reflections on the gl...
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
