George Rodrigue Art
American, 1944-2013
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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Artist: George Rodrigue
Rodrigue: A Man And His Dog White - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a blue dog sitting on a yellow chair with a white background. The work has writing on it in white with the artist's name in red as follows: "Rodrigue: a man and his dog...
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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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Bears a Resemblance Black - Signed Silkscreen Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a black background with a red triangle. There are 3 blue bears, one on each point of the triangle. There is a blue dog bottom center dressed in a wh...
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I See You, You See Me - Split Font Unique - Signed Silkscreen Print - Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a single dog with soulful yellow eyes sitting on the right side of a pink, white and red background covered in the dog's soulful yellow eyes scattered ...
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Blue White - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 2 dogs on a white background; a red dog in the foreground and a blue dog behind and to the left of a black tree in the background. Both dogs have soul...
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Lunar Buns - Signed Silkscreen Print - Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a single dog sitting on a dark purple/brown background, in front of a hot dog on a bun with a purple and white moon and a light purple/pink background ...
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Golden Flame - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a solid gold background with a blue dog in the center between 2 lit white candles. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. This po...
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Big Chief Blues - Silkscreen Signed Print - Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a blue dog profile situated in the center of a red drum with purple and yellow zigzag trim, all on a black background. The dog has soulful yellow eyes...
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Color Me Cherry - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 2 frames; one with the head of a blue dog lurking over a fresh baked cherry pie. The second frame has a red dog in a basket of cherries. The 1st frame has a red background with a thin swirl if blue in the right upper corner. The 2nd frame is a yellow and green background with streamers of garland draping either side of the dog in the basket. Both dogs have soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original silkscreen print on paper is guaranteed authentic and is hand signed by the artist.
Artist: George Rodrigue
Title: Blue Dog “Color...
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Bullseye Black - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a blue dog in the center of a red circle on a black background. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original silkscreen print on pap...
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I See You, You See Me Split Font - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a background of white and red with a lot of soulful yellow eyes of various sizes and 1 blue dog off-centered on the right. the dog also has soulful yel...
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m the Real Thing Yellow - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a yellow background with a blue dog with soulful yellow eyes sitting to the right of an old-fashioned style Coca-Cola machine. This pop art animal ori...
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Boogie Bear - Split Font - Signed Silkscreen Print - Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a single blue bear with a red nose on a multi-shades of purple background fading from dark purple on top to white on the bottom. The bear has soulful y...
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Soul Mates - Variant 5 - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a black background framed in white. There is a woman with dog ears and red lipstick centered between 2 dogs. The woman and dogs are painted in black ...
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By The Light of the Moon Split Font - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 3 dogs; one blue, one black & white and one red. The background consists of blue shades from dark to light. There is a brownish m...
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Bluedogart com Yellow Flowers - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a silver background with a thin purple border and yellow flowers scattered throughout with a red and purple open laptop and 2 dogs and a red flower on ...
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Jingle My Bells At Night - Black Stars - Signed Silkscreen Print - Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a single dog sitting in a pink box with a blue bow and a lit candle next to the box. The background is gold with black stars a...
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Blue Phases - Signed Silkscreen Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a black background with the phases of the moon above a single blue dog sitting in the center. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original silkscreen...
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Carnival Time - White/Black - Set of 2 - Signed Silkscreen Print - Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 2 frames, one white and one black background with a single blue dog in each, both donning decorative anklets, a green, yellow & purple necktie and a Mardi Gras mask...
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Space Traveler Black Border - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a purplish/blue background, a blue dog with a red cape covering head, ears and body, sitting atop 3 brownish/yellow moons. The dog has soulful yellow ...
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Soul Mates Black and White- Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a white background. There is a woman with dog ears and red lipstick centered between 2 dogs. The woman and dogs are painted in black & white with onl...
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Bearly Spring White - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a blue bear with a red nose in the center of a white background adorned with yellow and red flowers. The bear has the blue dog soulful yellow eyes. T...
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Soul Mates - Variant 4 - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a black background with a blue female with dog ears, red lips, yellow, orange and black hair, wearing a black shirt/sweater, centered between 2 blue do...
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Soul Mates - Variant I - Signed Silkscreen Print - Blue Dog
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a white background with a blue and white female with yellow and black hair centered between 2 blue dogs. All 3 have soulful yellow eyes. This pop art...
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Strato Lounger - Split Font 1 - Silkscreen Signed Print
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a dog sitting on an orange/yellow chair in the foreground with the earth and a moon on a red and blue background of varying shades. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original split font silkscreen print on paper is guaranteed authentic and is hand signed by the artist.
Artist: George Rodrigue
Title: Blue Dog “Strato Lounger...
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Blue Dog "The Rat Pack" Matching Numbered Set of 3 Signed Silkscreen Prints
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a matching numbers set of prints each with 4 dogs on motorcycles each of a different color with varying neck scarf colors. Each print within the set h...
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Questions About George Rodrigue Art
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022George Rodrigue’s art style is largely classified as Pop art. He often used hard-edge techniques to create dramatic transitions between colors. Much of his work focuses on the landscapes and residents of Louisiana. On 1stDibs, shop a range of George Rodrigue art.
- 1stDibs ExpertJune 6, 2024What the Blue Dog symbolizes is open to interpretation. When asked about his works featuring the iconic canine, George Rodrigue said, “They are really about life, about mankind searching for answers. The dog never changes position. He just stares at you. And you're looking at him, looking for some answers, ‘Why are we here?’ And he's just looking back at you, wondering the same. The dog doesn't know. You can see this longing in his eyes, this longing for love and answers.” From this, it can be determined that the late artist used the dog to represent the search for knowledge and understanding, but those who view his paintings are free to find their own meanings in the image. Find a collection of George Rodrigue art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022George Rodrigue's main medium is painting. He often produced mixed media works on board, combining acrylic paints, silkscreen, metal and illustrations to create unified compositions. He is well-known for his “Blue Dog” and “Cajun” series. On 1stDibs, find a variety of George Rodrigue art.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 19, 2025The famous dog art in New Orleans is the Blue Dog series by George Rodrigue. Inspiration for the series came from Rodrigue’s childhood pet, Tiffany. Over the years, 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. Find an assortment of George Rodrigue art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 19, 2025The famous New Orleans dog is the Blue Dog. It comes from a series of paintings produced by artist George Rodrigue. Early in his career, he began painting his childhood pet, a black-and-white spaniel named Tiffany. Eventually, the Louisiana-born artist transformed his character into the Blue Dog. Find a range of George Rodrigue art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The dog in the “Blue Dog” paintings by George Rodrigue is not a real breed. The paintings were inspired by a combination of Rodrigue’s deceased dog Tiffany and a loup-garou or rougarou, a dog-like creature from Cajun folklore. On 1stDibs, find a range of George Rodrigue art.