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

Thursday, 19 November 2009

G D Paul Raj - Mudali Street

I purchased this painting a few years ago from a person in Queensland, Australia I feel it really captures the mood of a busy street in what was known as Madras maybe?
I think Paul is really able to capture the shape and form of the cows sat at the side of the road.  It is really amazing to think how his paintings have travelled around the world, if only they could tell the story of who bought them and what they were doing in India?
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7 comments:

  1. pc20 November 2009 at 17:24

    Thanks a lot for sharing such a treasure !

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  2. Prabal25 November 2009 at 11:25

    This is so much every costal village of India. Loved this..

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  3. Gold Finch25 November 2009 at 17:46

    It is one of my favourites as well.

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  4. Marker Buoy4 January 2010 at 04:45

    You are correct Gold Finch. Leuba (Paulraj daughter and my wife) tells me some fascinating stories of those times. I am continually pressing her for anecdotes relating to life as it was then. Unfortunately the four living children seem little interested in maintaining the stories of their father and uncles. The scene above is very close to where Paulraj and Pankajam first lived in Chennai after moving down from the hills at Kodaikanal. It is amazing to see how different the area is today.

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  5. Gold Finch5 January 2010 at 22:42

    Hello Watermark. Are you from Chennai yourself or some other area? Do you any Leuba own any paintings by her father? Do you know when he died as I do not have the date? Hope you can help and glad you like the paintings. Best wishes for the new year. I have sent an email a few days ago and would be happy to exchange some information.

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  6. FWilson1 February 2010 at 02:51

    I have several painting by both GD Paul Raj and G D Arul Raj that were bought in the 1950ies by my parents while living in India.

    F. Wilson
    milalex@earthlink.net

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  7. granny193620 October 2010 at 21:48

    I have one of the paintings by ThyagaRaj (Gathering Water). I would be willing to sell it. I am asking $100 plus shipping. If you are interested, post a comment to Old Lady.

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