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 Boats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boats. Show all posts

Sunday, 14 April 2013

G D Paulraj - Notebook 4

Another page from Paul's notebooks, this one dates from April 1958 for are priced at Rs 150/- and painting number 3) at Rs 175/-.  The were all sent to a company address in Calcutta.
The paintings are titled :
1) Homeward bound;
2) Transplanting - Malabar;
3) Backwaters - Through the palms;
4) Vegetable market Malabar;
5) Boats in Trivandram.

Sunday, 30 January 2011

G D Thyagaraj - Boats

This is painting that has been emailed to me by Kashinath one of many he has come across on his travels around India.  It is by G D Thyagaraj of a pair of boats.
It is quite  dark painting so I am unsure whether it is early evening or whether a storm is brewing?  Hope you like it.

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

G D Thyagaraj - Boats

I found this painting by G D Thyagaraj sold at an auction in the UK, unfortunately it is only a low quality image so it is hard to tell how good a painting it might be.
Still an interesting painting, the boatman in the foreground looks like he might be about to fall over the side of the boat.

Friday, 4 December 2009

G D Arul Raj - Photograph of the Artist

I have come across a photograph of the G D Arul Raj himself I think it was taken in the USA at Laguna Beach in Los Angeles.
Also a painting of some sailing boats by Arul which I tried to purchase from Ebay a while ago but something went wrong with the transaction it is now for sail at a very high price of $3,900 in the USA. Ebay item number 3801 3440 9080 (December 2009) in case any one wants to but it.