This educational publication made in conjunction with the “Rodrigue: Before the Blue Dog” Exhibition with Louisiana State Museum features the fifteen oil paintings known as “he Saga of the Acadians. Through them, artist George Rodrigue tells the story of his Acadian ancestors, beginning with their immigration from France to Acadie, a province of New France now known as Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick, Canada. He then depicts their expulsion from Acadie by the British during the Grand Derangement in 1755 and their resettlement in south Louisiana, where they eventually became known as Cajuns.
This educational publication made in conjunction with the “Rodrigue: Before the Blue Dog” Exhibition with Louisiana State Museum features the fifteen oil paintings known as “he Saga of the Acadians. Through them, artist George Rodrigue tells the story of his Acadian ancestors, beginning with their immigration from France to Acadie, a province of New France now known as Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick, Canada. He then depicts their expulsion from Acadie by the British during the Grand Derangement in 1755 and their resettlement in south Louisiana, where they eventually became known as Cajuns.
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