G D Thyagaraj - Cooking on the boat

I just purchased this nice water scene by Thyagaraj two weeks ago, it was selling on Ebay. Got it for a very reasonable price.

I will take some better photos when I remove it from the frame as the frame needs to be glued a little.  It has a sticker on the back saying it was framed in Park Street in Calcutta, where I lived between 1957 and 1974 (off and on). Hope you like it.

G D Paulraj - Family on a boat

This is a fairly unusual painting by Paulraj showing a family on a boat being punted by use of a long pole down a stream or canal.  The father is working the boat while the mother is taking care of a small child and two goats are roaming the deck.  Quite a fun composition.

I do not remember seeing a Paulraj goat before.

G D Thyagaraj - Collecting the catch

I have been sent a photo by Stan of a great painting by Thyagaraj of a scene showing women with large baskets on their heads carrying fish aware from the boats on the beach.  This was recently acquired by Stan in Vancouver. Nice find and very intense colours.  Thanks again Stan for sharing your photos.

And another of his signature.

G D Thyagaraj - Trees

Another painting by Thyagaraj sold in February 2018 for around £95.00 (or 133 US dollars) again well worth the money.

G D Thyagaraj - Cart Convoy

Great watercolour by Thyagaraj of a cart convoy recently sold on an internet auction site for around £110 (or 152 US dollars) well worth the money and nicely framed.

Very nice painting.

Water carriers cine - Early 1959

Today I am adding another extract from the 1959 cine this on shows three ladies filling their very large brass water pots from an outside tap.

Then a 45 second cine extract which is 22.8 Megabytes in size.

G D Paulraj - Ladies doing the dhobi

Painting by G D Paulraj today shows a group of women doing the dhobi in a stream.  Similar to the cine films I added recently.

Dhobi cine taken in 1959

More extracts from my family cine film taken in 1959.  There are two different clips of dhobis at work one taken at a stream and the second at the beach.

These scenes match several paintings painted by G D Paulraj.

Fishermen cine taken in 1959

Today I am adding some clips from a cine showing some fishermen hauling in their nets in at Vizagapatnam on the east coast of India taken in early 1959.  I have added the sounds of the waves as the camera did not record any sound.

 Women waiting to collect the catch and carry it off in their baskets to sell.

 Women trying to sell fish on the beach with huge baskets carried on their heads.

Hauling in the nets up onto the beach.

Short cine film lasting 39 seconds showing the fishermen hauling in their nets and a crowd watching.