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Paul was born in Kodaikanal on 22 September 1914 and died on 2 October 1979. G D Arulraj was born in 1925 and died in June 1972 while visiting India. Arul worked at Laguna Beach in the 60's and 1970's. G D Thyagaraj might have been born in 1922 and I am told that he probably died sometime before 1981. He moved to northern India as a young man. I lived in India as a child and spent a lot of time in Calcutta. My mother purchased several paintings directly from Paul Raj while living in Madras and this got me interested in his works. I then discovered he had two brothers Arul Raj and Thyaga Raj who were both fantastic artists. I could not find much information on the internet so decided to set up my own blog. Subsequently a Facebook tribute site has also been created to the memory of the three brothers. Contact me at: rajbrothers@hotmail.co.uk

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

G D Paulraj - Chai Wallah

Painting by G D Paulraj that seems to be called "Chai Wallah", which I assume means tea seller or tea shop.

This is the second painting of this name I have now added both being slightly different.  There is also a nice name on the rear showing the price of Rs. 275/-.  It has been suggested due to the address on the back that this painting was done between 1967 and 1978, an eleven year time span, but still helpful.


I think it was for sale in the USA during 2010, I do not think that I have added this one before.  It has a framers stamp on the back and it was called the "Happy Dragon" in California.

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2 comments:

  1. Prabal8 June 2011 at 06:25

    Nice work. Any idea what is the year??

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  2. Gold Finch8 June 2011 at 18:31

    Hello Prabal as it is priced at Rs 275/- this might be from the late 1960's. We know from his works that in 1962 some paintings were being sold for Rs 150/-.

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