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
Saturday, 4 December 2010
Norman Ellison - Indian Village
Another painting by Norman Ellison of an Indian village painted in 1944.
Friday, 3 December 2010
G D Thyagaraj - Boat with Sail
I was contacted this week by Shawn who has sent me a photo of a painting he purchased directly from Thyagaraj in the early 1960's when he has living in Delhi, when he was a young boy
Shawn could you send me a higher quality photo so I can add that in place of this one? His brother owns a couple and he is going to try and see if he can get photos of those as well. Many thanks Shawn, much appreciated. It looks a great painting.
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Movie - Meeting an elephant on the way to Agra.
I am having a go at adding a small video file to my blog. Last time I tried I failed, either it was too large a file size or of the wrong format. It was taken around 1968 and is only of a very low quality. That is me on the elephant. My family was driving to Agra to see the Taj Mahal and we came across a man riding his elephant on the way to a wedding. You can see a lorry go thundering past me at one point. Eventually we get to see the Taj Mahal. Hope you like it.
Photos from 1962 - Taken from a Cine Film
I have managed to capture several frames from an 8mm cine film. Unfortunately the quality is low with the film size being so small, but they might be interesting.
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
The Shell Stall
A few posts ago I added a photo of a shell I bought in 1962. Today I have found a cine film of the visit and I have captured a still of the shell stall.
I am standing with my mother looking at the shells for sale.
Saturday, 27 November 2010
G D Paulraj - Busy Street
I think this was on Ebay a while ago, looks like it is a nice painting, however the photo is only very small and low quality so it is a little difficult to appreciate it.
It is hard to remember if I have added this before?
Thursday, 25 November 2010
G D Arulraj - Men under Tree
A painting by G D Arulraj that sold on Ebay a while ago showing a couple of men under a tree. It seems to be relatively simple painting compared with others.
It is pretty horrid in the UK this week with some very early snow, we have had about four inches today and more is forecast over the next few days. Not sure if I have seen many paintings by the Raj brothers showing any snow?
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