G D Paulraj - Harvesting

This is a bit of a milestone being my 300th posting to the blog.  It is a painting by G D Paulraj showing some threshing of the crops following the harvesting.  It is a very nice painting.

The colours in this painting are first class it does not seem to have faded at all.

Jamini Roy - In his studio

I thought I would start to add some information on Jamini Roy who was born in the district of Bankura in West Bengal in 1887.  At the age of 16 years he went to Calcutta and joined the Government School of Art.

He started as a portrait painter in olis and by the age of 30 years he was India's most sought after portrait painter.

 

This shows him in his studio with some of his paintings on the wall behind him.

G D Thyagaraj - Temple and tree

Watercolour by Thyagaraj showing a very large Banyan tree with a small temple in the distance, in the foreground is a small pond.

A very impressive tree I wonder if you can still find such large specimens?

B.O.A.C. and Air India

When I first flew to India I went with B.O.A.C. (British Overseas Air Corporation) which eventually became British Airways (BA).  We sometimes would fly Air India or even Japanese Airlines (JAL) and Qantas.

Today I found on old drinks coaster from Air India it was part of a series covering many different destinations.  I can only find one and this is from Nairobi.

I also used to own a selection of gifts provided by BOAC including a junior size flight bag, larger versions were also available as well.

Taj Mahal 30 July 1971

I was looking through an old scrap book when my family did a tour of India (July 1971 only 42 years ago!) and came across this colour photo of my parents, sister and I sitting on the famous bench on the viewing platform on the approach to the Taj Mahal.

My youngest daughter is actually on holiday in India at this very moment and was visiting the 'Taj' yesterday and it looked very crowded by comparison.  I assume we asked another visitor to take our photograph?

G D Paulraj - Fetching water from the river

Water colour painting recently sold by G D Paulraj.  It some some women carrying water from a river with a large orange tree in the centre of the painting.

I think it may have sold for around $110.00 US dollars.

G D Paulraj - Delhi Horse Gari

This is a very nice lively scene probably of Delhi showing a 'horse and cart' slightly unusual.  Not sure I can remember a previous horse by Paulraj?

I have a photo of horse taxi from Calcutta from the 1960's, I will have to look for it and scan it and add it to the blog.