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

Saturday 24 November 2012

G D Arulraj - Drawing Water

This is a painting by G D Arulraj depicting a similar scene to the last posting by Thyagaraj, this also shows a farmer using his cattle to raise water from the river in this case to irrigate his crops I expect.
Of the two this is my favourite, It is a pleasant painting, it is interesting to compare the two brothers works side by side.

Tuesday 20 November 2012

G D Thyagaraj - Drawing Water

This is one of Thyagaraj's agricultural scenes showing a farmer drawing water from a well with the aid of two cows and a steep ramp.  I have never actually seen this particular system in operation.
I am also aware that his brother Arul painted the same scene in his own way, I will make that my next posting.

Saturday 17 November 2012

G D Paulraj - Fishseller

Today's painting is by G D Paulraj the style is less common being a study of one person as opposed to his more common street scenes.  This depicts a lady selling fish, it seems to have retained the colours very well after all these years.
The painting is currently up for auction at Live Auctioneers in case you would like to bid on it on 02/12/12 lot number 3213 starting at $80.00.

Sunday 11 November 2012

G D Thyagaraj - Jaipur Street scene

This is a street scene believed to be of Jaipur where Thyagaraj lived for most of his life.  He has managed to add in some temples, camels and cows as well. Quite a nice composition.