G.D. Paulraj (1914–1979) was born in Kodaikanal, a hill station in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. His two brothers, Arul Raj and Tyag Raj, were also artists, as was his sister Egma. Tyag Raj was an artist at the Palace of Maharani Gayatri Devi, while Egma was the curator of the National Gallery, Melbourne.
G.D. Paulraj went to the Chennai Government School of Arts and studied under the legendary artist Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury. When Queen Elizabeth visited Chennai Paulraj was asked to paint at the Boat Club, and the resulting painting is now in the Queen’s collection. Another painting of his is in the Pope’s collection. His work can be found at the Victoria Technical Institute of Art in Chennai.
