Admirer of Paul Raj Paintings

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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
Showing posts with label 1947. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1947. Show all posts

Saturday, 27 April 2013

Great Banyan Tree Calcutta - 1947 Rover P2 Sports Saloon

I am adding three photos showing the Great Banyan tree in Calcutta.  The first shows my father on 25 May 1947 with what must have been a new Rover P2 Sports Saloon car taken at the Great Banyan Tree. He cannot have been in India very long when the photo was taken.
The second photo shows myself climbing on the Banyan tree taken around 1964.
The final photo shows the tree from a distance and it is huge covering around 2.5 acres with several thousand stems, I understand that it is believed to be around 250 years old.

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Sunday, 22 August 2010

G D Paulraj - The Quarry

A friend who owns a Paul Raj painting tipped me off the other day that this painting is up for sale in the UK on the 8th and 9 September at Peter Wilson auction house in Nantwich, Cheshire.
I have never seen one like this before and apparently it is dated as well November 1947 which is several months after India obtained Independence from Britain in August 1947.  My father was in Bombay during this time and I can remember him telling me that it was very grim.

It certainly is unusual to see a Paul Raj painting without a tree. The picture is only very low resolution.
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