I attach below a photo of the staff of the Hooghly Ink Co Ltd in Madras on the occasion of the retirement of Lt Col R O Taylor. My father also appears on the photo, it was taken on 20 February 1950.
I also attach a close up of the front row.
Admirer of Paul Raj Paintings
- Gold Finch
- 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 1950. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1950. Show all posts
Saturday, 19 July 2014
Sunday, 11 May 2014
Hooghly Ink Co Ltd - New Factory
I came across some old photographs from around 1947 to 1952 and the one I have attached shows the new factory of the Hooghly Ink Company Ltd being built in Madras. Two things catch your eye the first is the great car in the foreground and the second is the bamboo scaffolding being used in the construction of the new building.
Also are two photographs of the inside of the new factory where you can see they are starting to install the new machinery which was to be used to manufacture printing ink.
And from a slightly different angle.
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Mahabalipuram - Seven Pagodas
Today I am adding a photograph showing my parents sitting on the statutes leading up to the Beach Temple at the Seven Pagodas site near Madras. This would have been taken around 1950 as they married in 1949 and then travelled out to India from the UK.
Monday, 22 October 2012
G D Paulraj - Ox Cart through the Banyan Trees
I have been sent this photo of a painting by Paul Raj by a lady whose parents bought in when they visited India in the 1950's. It is one of the better quality paintings by Paul from his 'big tree' era. I think they were in Delhi and they got it from an art gallery not from Paul Raj himself.
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