George Rodrigue Auction Prices and Value Guide
George Rodrigue auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 2,986 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
George Rodrigue auction prices: quick answer
George Rodrigue auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- George Rodrigue
- Source records
- 2,986
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
George Rodrigue market snapshot
George Rodrigue shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,181 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,900. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 71 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-29.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (30.0% · 301 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (45.1% · 453 sales)
- $10,000+ (24.9% · 250 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,600
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 71
- Median shift vs prior year
- +6.7%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-29
Artist context
About George Rodrigue
Born
1944
Died
2013
Nationality
American
Also known as
Rodrigue, George
George Rodrigue (1944–2013) was an American painter and gallerist whose imagery is closely associated with Louisiana and Cajun cultural settings. He began painting Louisiana landscapes in the late 1960s, then developed scenes of outdoor family gatherings and nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century life in southwest Louisiana. Moss-covered oak trees, a recurring feature of Acadiana, became an identifying element in this work. By the mid-1990s, Rodrigue’s Blue Dog paintings had brought him much wider recognition. The figure was connected in published accounts to the Cajun Rougarou legend, but it also became a distinct, repeatable visual motif within his practice. Collectors therefore encounter Rodrigue through more than one recognizable body of work: regional landscapes and narrative genre scenes as well as the later Blue Dog imagery. For identification and appraisal, the subject and period should be established carefully rather than treating every work under his name as equivalent.
PaintingLouisiana landscapesMoss-clad oak trees of AcadianaOutdoor family gatheringsNineteenth- and early-twentieth-century southwest Louisiana genre scenes
Common works and media
Commonly documented Rodrigue works are paintings of Louisiana landscapes, moss-clad oak trees, outdoor family gatherings, and historical southwest Louisiana scenes. His best-known later body of work is the Blue Dog series, centered on a repeated blue canine figure. The supplied sources do not establish a reliable breakdown for prints, editions, sculpture, ceramics, drawings, or posters, so those formats should be described object by object rather than assumed.
Market and appraisal context
Rodrigue’s auction context should be approached by first identifying the work’s subject group: Louisiana landscape or historical genre imagery, or the later Blue Dog series. Comparable records are most useful when they concern the same work type and closely related imagery, rather than the artist’s output as a whole. Appraisily’s artist page provides an auction-record signal, but the collected source excerpt does not include individual sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, or edition data. Those details must be verified from the specific object and its supporting records before a valuation conclusion is made. An artist-name match alone does not establish attribution, authenticity, condition, or current market value, and the present source pack does not support a price forecast.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Identification of the relevant subject group or series, particularly Louisiana landscape and genre imagery versus Blue Dog paintings
- Comparison with public auction records for closely related Rodrigue works rather than with the artist's output as a whole
Appraisal caveats
- The supplied source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no individual lot descriptions, realized prices, sale dates, condition reports, provenance, dimensions, or edition details.
- No major auction-house source was included, so detailed claims about price levels, market trends, scarcity, or category-specific demand are not supported.
- An artist-name match does not establish attribution, authenticity, condition, or present market value.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- IdRef library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is George Rodrigue worth?
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