"The River is the Road: Paintings by George Rodrigue" at the West Baton Rouge Museum

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Courtesy of the West Baton Rouge Museum

"Caught Up in the Current" by George Rodrigue.

George Rodrigue, beloved New Iberia painter of the "Blue Dog" and countless other symbols of Louisiana culture and lore, frequently utilized the image of the river to reflect his own Cajun background as well as his larger life journey. For the first time, a new exhibition at the West Baton Rouge Museum organized by Rodrigue's Life & Legacy Foundation is tracing Rodrigue's use of the river throughout nearly five decades of his work—including forty-five original works from paintings, to sculptures, to metal works loaned from the private collections of Rodrigue's surviving wife Wendy Rodrigue, the George Godfrey Rodrigue, Jr. Family Trust, and various collectors. westbatonrougemuseum.org.