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)
Blue Dog "Original - Almost Primary Dog, Tiffany" Signed Oil on Canvas
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a mostly pink with yellow background. There are 2 blue leafless trees and a single portrait sized face of a white and black dog (Tiffany). The dog ha...
Canvas, Oil
Original - Boogie Dudley and Blue - Acrylic on Canvas
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a red background with 3 animals, 1 each Boogie Bear, Dudley the dog and Blue Dog. All the animals have soulful yellow eyes and there is a bright yello...
Canvas, Acrylic
$36,000Sale Price|20% Off
George Rodrigue Blue Dog Original Painting on Signed Absolut Vokda Bottle
By George Rodrigue
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Untitled Blue Dog Absolut Vokda Bottle Medium: Original painting on mpty bottle of Absolut vodka Size: 11.75" tall Year: 1992 Inscription: Signed and d...
Acrylic
She Lit my Fire, acrylic painting by George Rodrigue
By George Rodrigue
Located in BRUCE, ACT
George Rodrigue She Lit my Fire, 1993. Acrylic on canvas on card. Measurement: 35,5 x 27,5cm Frame: 46,5 x 38,5cm Signed lower left: Rodrigue. As well as with copyright stamp verso:...
Acrylic
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
$625
H 70 in W 60 in
Jeff Koons Monkey Train beach towel (Jeff Koons Monkey Train blue)
By Jeff Koons
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jeff Koons Monkey Train beach towel 2008: A highly decorative limited edition 2008 Jeff Koons Monkey Train towel. Measuring 70x60 inches - this work would look outstanding framed. This outstanding Jeff Koons Monkey Train collectible...
Cotton, Digital, Lithograph, Screen
$1,650
H 15.75 in W 13.75 in D 1 in
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761. A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Hi...
Watercolor, Engraving
"Bella the Buffalo" - Acrylic on Canvas
By Melinda McLeod
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Melinda has studied life and its movements, developing a remarkably keen artistic technique with her flowing expressionistic style. Growing up in the Midwest she was enamored with n...
Canvas, Acrylic
Cow
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint on wallpaper, 1971. Printed by Bill Miller's Wallpaper Studio, Inc., New York. Published for a Warhol exhibition at the Whitney Museum by Factory Additions, New Yor...
Screen
"Cows Looking for Pineapples"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This vibrant and playful painting combines surrealism with humor and warmth. Two cows, rendered with expressive brushwork, appear to wander through a tropical landscape, surrounded b...
Canvas, Acrylic
"City of Kyiv"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In "City of Kyiv", I treat the canvas as an archive of memory, where linear time dissolves into absolute absurdity. The brutalist silhouette of Kyiv's Salyut Hotel—a heavy monument o...
Canvas, Acrylic
A Standing Leap at a Gate
By James Seymour
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Seymour (1702-1752) A Standing Leap at a Gate Mezzotint with hand colouring Image size 10 x 14 in Framed size 16 1/2 x 20 in James Seymour was an English artist renowned for h...
Mezzotint
$3,800
H 40 in W 30 in D 0.75 in
"Easy" Pop Art Street Art Décollage Painting Mixed Media Portrait of Tiger
By Gieler
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a Tiger done with beautiful expressive colors and a distinctive street art design, this piece pops with energy and romantic beauty. Its composition and bold collag...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$818Sale Price|20% Off
H 13 in W 16.15 in D 0.79 in
Colorful Green Crocodile Wildlife Painting Balloon Animal on Linen Canvas
By Sofía Cristina Jiménez
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Crocodile wildlife painting depicting a balloon-like reptile with a colorful crest, combining animal portraiture, humor and pop surrealist imagery on linen canvas. Sir Tori I is an ...
Canvas, Linen, Acrylic
"Samuel the Buffalo" - Acrylic on Canvas
By Melinda McLeod
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Melinda has studied life and its movements, developing a remarkably keen artistic technique with her flowing expressionistic style. Growing up in the Midwest she was enamored with n...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Bernard the Bull" - Acrylic on Canvas
By Melinda McLeod
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Melinda has studied life and its movements, developing a remarkably keen artistic technique with her flowing expressionistic style. Growing up in the Midwest she was enamored with n...
Canvas, Acrylic
$236Sale Price|20% Off
H 26 in W 32 in D 2 in
Signed Vintage Foodie Whole Hog BBQ Southern Limited Edition Poster
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed print. Image size, 24H x 29L.
Lithograph
$500
H 11.82 in Dm 1.58 in
Korean Art - Fantasy Jejuisland - Island Girl Story Chun-Ja Healing Garden
By Shin Seung-Hun
Located in Paris, IDF
Shin Seung-Hun is a South-Korean artist born in 1979 who lives & works in Jeju Island, Korea. He is considered by critics as the new Korean Takashi Murakami.
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,500
H 21 in W 21 in D 3.5 in
Rare XL Vintage Blue Horse. silkscreen on glass bowl, Rosenthal for Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol (After) Vintage Large Rosenthal Bowl (Blue Horse), ca. 1991 Large Silkscreen Glass bowl (authorized signature fired onto plate) Warhol's signature is printed on the plate...
Glass, Mixed Media, Screen
$4,000
H 36 in W 36 in D 3 in
"Come Together - Love (On Black & White)" Pop Painting with Paper Butterflies
By Laila Jalallar
Located in New York, NY
This piece is executed with hundreds of hand cut butterflies, and comes displayed in an acrylic shadow box. These works conjure sensations of nostalgia, created from maps, cutting out words, symbols, and places to create feelings of unity within the piece. Standing in juxtaposition with the contrast to clean, pixelated designs that the butterflies form, Laila creates a Heart that pops off the canvas in three-dimension. The artwork comes housed inside a plexiglass shadow box, ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso. Art measures 36 x 36 inches Laila Jalallar...
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Original - Vote For Me - Acrylic on Canvas
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a Blue Dog sitting on a yellow background, wearing a "Stars & Stripes" design necktie. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Original - Gallery Edition I - MM on Plywood
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a Blue Dog in a Blue Suit sitting on a black background. There is a side strip of yellow with “Rodrigue” written in red and an address for the gallery...
Plywood, Paper
Louisiana Landscape with Two Oak Trees
By George Rodrigue
Located in Metairie, LA
The Oak Tree defined Rodrigue’s early and beloved works, and this piece represented a return to his roots to create a stunning work in the color palate of the artist’s iconic Blue Do...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Sold
H 36 in W 24 in D 1 in
Original - Split Personality - Signed Oil on Canvas Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “Original – Split Personality” Medium: Oil on Canvas Date: 1991 Edition: 1 of 1 Dimensions: 36” X 24” Description: Signed & Unframed co...
Canvas, Oil
Blue Dog "Original - Blue Mood - Oil on Canvas"
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of an all-blue background with the leaves, trees, ground and dog all painted blue, with the exception of the soulful yellow eyes of the dog. This pop art animal original oil on canvas painting is guaranteed authentic and is hand signed by the artist. Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “Original...
Canvas, Oil
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H 16 in W 20 in D 1 in
Original - Happy Flowers for Good Luck - Oil on Canvas
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a scenic background of sky, earth and trees with a large dark leafy tree and yellow flowers at the feet of a single blue dog. The dog has soulful yell...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 24 in W 20 in D 3 in
Blue Dog "Original - Twilight" - Signed Oil on Canvas
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a blue and red background with a swirl of pink through the blue section. There is a single blue dog sitting to the right of the swirl. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original Oil on Canvas is guaranteed authentic and is hand signed by the artist. Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “Original...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 14 in W 11 in D 3 in
Blue Dog "Original - Untitled - MM III" Tribute to Ukraine On Canvas Board
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
"Ukraine Dog" This Blue Dog work consists of a split vertically center blue and yellow background. There is a single blue dog sitting in the foreground with a fine black outline and a fine white outline. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original mixed media silkscreen oil paint on canvas is guaranteed authentic and is hand signed by the artist. Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “Original...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Screen
Sold
H 18 in W 24 in D 3 in
Blue Dog "Original - Hot Days Ahead" Signed Framed Artwork
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “Original - Hot Days Ahead" Medium: Oil on Linen Date: 2000 Edition: 1 Dimensions: 18” X 24” Descriptio...
Linen, Acrylic
Blue Dog "Kiss Me I'm Cajun" Original Oil on Canvas
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “ Original - Kiss Me I'm Cajun” Medium: Oil on Canvas Date: 1992 Edition: 1 Dimensions: 24” X 18” Description: Signed & Framed with an ...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 24 in W 18 in
Original - There's a Fine Line Between Blue and Yellow - Signed Oil on Linen
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 1 dog on a background of blue and yellow with a fine red line at center dividing the 2 colors of the background. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. The ...
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 36 in W 24 in D 1 in
Original - Split Personality - Signed Oil on Canvas Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “Original – Split Personality” Medium: Oil on Canvas Date: 1991 Edition: 1 of 1 Dimensions: 36” X 24” Description: Signed & Unframed co...
Canvas, Oil
Blue Dog "I Remember This" Original Oil on Canvas
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of the blue dog sitting in front of and reminiscing about the artist's original rendition of an "Untitled Landscape". The dog's eyes have an appearance o...
Canvas, Oil
Original Give Me a Big Mac, Fries and a Shake
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a head shot of the dog with a red outline around the dog and a bold yellow background. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. The frame is the original Rodrigue Gallery gold frame. This pop art animal original Oil and Acrylic on Linen painting is guaranteed authentic and is hand signed by the artist. Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “Original – Give Me a Big Mac...
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Sold
H 14 in W 11 in D 3 in
Blue Dog "Original Untitled MM II" Silkscreen and Oil on Canvas
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a solid light blue dog sitting on the white background with red banner flags. The dog's face is multi-shaded in blue with its signature soulful eyes. This pop art animal original mixed media silkscreen and oil on canvas is guaranteed authentic and hand signed. Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “Original...
Canvas, Oil