A beautiful painting by Paulraj showing a lady sweeping the area in front of her house. A nice village scene with an amazing old tree.
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
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Monday, 8 February 2016
G D Thyagaraj - Milling the grain
Nice painting by Thyagaraj showing two women milling some grain, it looks like hard work. A great building is visible in the background. In general this is a interesting painting.
Thursday, 7 January 2016
G D Arulraj - Collecting water
This is a watercolour by G D Arulraj showing a pond by a large tree and a woman is collecting water.
There is a nice reflection of the house in the water.
Wednesday, 30 December 2015
G D Arulraj - Gateway
This is a nice painting by Arulraj depicting a 'Gateway' or arch into a town.
The painting looks like it is still in a good condition and nicely framed as well.
Thursday, 24 December 2015
Vinayak M Raikar - Ceramic Plate
Today I am discussing a different artist and a different medium. Recently my wife purchased a ceramic plate from the internet with a beautiful painting on it and it was signed by V M Raikar. It was produced by the Vitrum Studios of Bombay around 1965 and the painting was fired on a plate made by the Bengal Potteries.
She did some research and managed to contact Mr Raikar's son who lives in India and he was amazed when he saw the photo of the plate decorated by his father all those years ago (50 years). He was able to report that his father was happy when he heard the story as it brought back many memories of his time working at Vitrum Studios in Bombay after his finished Art College.
You can find out more about Mr Raikar if your click on this link.Vinayak M Raikar
Monday, 21 December 2015
G D Paulraj - Sari seller
This is a nice water colour by G D Paulraj of a man selling saris in a market.
This seems to be from a period when he painted more close ups and the people in the street are larger. In many other paintings the people are smaller and a minor feature of the painting.
Friday, 18 December 2015
29 November 2014 - Heading for Pondicherry
As we were leaving the hotel in Tanjore the Sitar player from the evening before had arrived with a CD of his music that I had asked him about. It was very kind for him to come in the next morning and let me buy a copy.
It was raining hard as soon as we left Tanjore, and the driver told us we were doing a short detour so we could visit another Chola Temple. But we were on our own today no guide, this temple was unpainted but highly carved and very wet.
When we got to Pondicherry we were staying in a small 18 room hotel near the sea front called the Palais de Mahe, it was very pleasant with beautiful rooms and the walls were decorated in nice artwork.
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