A prisoner in Port Arthur wrote a song based on the legend Jolie Blonde in the 1920s. It tells the story of a pretty blonde woman who left her Cajun lover for someone else.Over the years, the song has developed into the Cajun anthem. Until this 1974 painting by Rodrigue, there was no typical look to Jolie Blonde. Although he used different models over many years, it is this first rendition of her, painted completely from his imagination, which remains his most famous.