Collection:LPB

Genre: Biography, Interview

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1983

Duration: 00:27:35

Subjects: Rodrigue, George | ARTISTS | PAINTINGS | Painters | CAJUNS | Cajuns in art

Contributors:

• Weill, Gus Host
• L'Herisson, Sandra Photographer
• Parker, Gene Photographer
• James, Frank Photographer
• Fowler, Ken Producer
• Breazeale, Kathryn Producer
• Fourrier, Clay Director
• Dupaquier, John Theme Music
• Rodrigue, George Interviewee

This episode of the series “Louisiana Legends” from 1983 features an interview with George Rodrigue conducted by Gus Weill. Rodrigue, a Cajun artist from New Iberia, Louisiana, is best known for his “Blue Dog” paintings. He discusses: his interest in art as a child; attending art school in Los Angeles; appreciating his Cajun heritage after he moved away from home; spending a year in New York trying to find a job; moving back to Louisiana and developing a painting style; his interpretation of Cajuns in his work; the symbolism of his paintings; his evolving style; his process from idea to execution; his home and gallery in Lafayette; and his hope to be remembered as someone capturing a part of Louisiana life that is gone. Host: Gus Weill