G D Thyagaraj - Fetching Water

Today I am adding a nice water colour by G D Thyagaraj which shows two women carrying water in large pots on their heads.  In the background is a temple like structure leading down to the waters edge. The photos were sent to me by Fabio in Argentina.

Fabio is interested in selling his painting so if anyone would like to purchase it please email me your contact details and I will send them onto Fabio.  I have also added a photo of the signature from the painting.

I hope you all like this painting and many thanks for sharing the painting I think this is the first time I have been contacted from Argentina.

G D Paulraj - Notebook 8

Another notebook page this one is dated 8 October 1958 which is 55 years ago!

 

The page reads as follows.

Sent on 8th Oct 58 to Bombay.

No 1. Evening light Rs 115/-

No 2. Palms Rs 95/-

No 3. To the village Rs 115/-

No 4. From the market Rs 95/-

No 5. Play of light Rs 115/-

No 6. Through the fields Rs 115/-

G D Paulraj - Evening Meal

This is a poor photograph of a family preparing their evening meal on the banks of a river By G D Paulraj.

I have also attached a close up of part of the painting which is a better quality than the one of the whole painting.

I suspect the colours are better in the smaller photograph.

G D Thyagaraj - Market Traders

This is the second painting that 'J' sent me from the USA it is one of Thyagaraj's most regular scenes.

The photo is slightly distorted due to the angle the photo has been taken from.

G D Thyagaraj - Market Scene and Temple

I came across this painting earlier in 2013 by Thyagaraj showing a market with a temple in the background.  The colours are a little faded but still plenty of activity within the painting.

In the top left hand corner you can see an elephant decorating the top of the temple.

Official First Day Cover - First Stamps from Bangladesh

My father worked for a company in India that produced printing ink which was used both in the production of the Indian rupee notes and in Indian postage stamps.  Consequently I received quite a few stamps as gifts as a result of this connection.  The postings today is of a First Day Cover of the first stamps of Bangladesh given to me when I lived in Calcutta in 1971.  Calcutta is very close to the border with Bangladesh.

I came across the following website of a collector in the USA of Bangladesh stamps which might be of interest.  The stamps are post marked 29 July 1971, I think Bangladesh declared independence from Pakistan on 26 March 1971 which then started a civil war.

G D Thyagaraj - Carts under trees

This is a very similar painting to several I have added for Thyagaraj over the last few years.  Three cart (or is it four?) convoy under a tree lined road.  We know once they had a popular theme the brothers would keep painting them but with slight variations.

Quite a nice painting with dust from the road mingling with the violet sky.