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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, 15 December 2009

G D Thyagaraj - Dusty Road with Cart

I thought it was time to post another Thyagaraj painting, this one is of a dusty road with carts. I like this painting a lot it really captures the dust form the wheels of the carts.  Also the tree looks really large and imposing.
There was a label on the reverse of the painting saying it was framed in Lahore, but sadly no date.
I thought I would also add a photograph from one of my cine films taken in the early 1960;s on the road to Mahabalipuram, it is of a potter making pots on a spinning wheel.  Not sure if scenes like this still exist in rural India?
 
I could imagine Paul Raj painting a scene like this.
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4 comments:

  1. Ramesh Jhawar16 December 2009 at 05:30

    The painting is really good!
    Such scenes still exist in rural india.

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  2. Ajay Patil16 December 2009 at 08:25

    I am tempted to use your photo for painting reference

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  3. pc16 December 2009 at 16:49

    Really good painting.
    Just that the legs of the bullocks don't suggest they're running, but the cart and dust do. But it'd be fair to grant artistic license at that :)
    Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Gold Finch16 December 2009 at 21:00

    Ramesh, great to hear scenes like the potter still exist, I will add more photos of my times in India in Due course.

    Ajay, use the photo if you like no problems, As it is from a cine film only 8mm x 8mm I cannot get a higher quality photo.

    PC maybe the bullocks are only walking if the carts were full?

    Glad you liked the painting and the photo.

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