work of prof. arch. d. p. joshi

Architect Prof.D.P.Joshi a tribute to his architectural vision by Arch.Chetan D. Joshi,Arch.Suchetra C. Joshi, Ranjan R. Joshi and Mrs.Vidyalakshmi R.Joshi

29 paintings, 86years old Architect Prof.D.P.Joshi did two years before his death evoked

some curiosity in my mind about his visit to USA and Europe on students scholarship as an

upcoming architect in 1959/60 during which he documented many places about 1,500

photographs through his Camera. Here I have just use only 268 photographs to study my

hypothesis. Is their any resemblance to the painting visual images his brain that was trying to

recollect? Are they close to his ultimate architectural vision? The paintings are just

spontaneous water colour sketches his son Arch.Chetan D. Joshi,his wife Arch.Suchetra C.

Joshi encouraged him to keep his mind engaged as an aging person to maintain his good

mental health. This slide show Ranjan Raghuvir Joshi created curiously to understand some

insights, as he has witnessed 50 years ago(1959/60) this said visit as 10 year old nephew of

Architect D.P.Joshi.

Arch. D.P.Joshi standing in front of the Victoria Memorial-Calcutta

Architect D.P.Joshi curiously watching a female sculpture in USA (1960) University Library, New York

This quick brush sketch do they represent the amalgamation of all photo impressions of the past together?

1)France first Railway station 2) A group in front of House in USA 3) A church in USA 4) Opera in Paris.

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These cuboids interlocked in each other some are crossed sectional with bushes in the front perhaps depicted in this free flowing water colour impression are close to his earlier photographs.

Plastic House in Disneyland

Civic Center-Detroit

Ascending and descending order of forms strongly connected with pillars with the blue sky in asymmetrical arrangement are very close to these buildings.

War Memorial

Terrace Homes in Europe

These two photographs clicked by him fifty years ago shows two different

moods of the environment with the structure merging in the horizon are

mixed in this painting with brush strokes and colors depicting the

mental state of thinking.

Terrace Homes in Europe

School in Milaca

The aerial view in the photograph perhaps recalled vividly in the painting shown here also captures advancing and receding layers of various colour transparent washes.

General MotorsThis not the directly close to said photograph but overall impression resemble the visual rendered in beautiful water colour strokes.

Look at the roof of this structure photographed earlier is perhaps recalled in the water colour rendering in which background structures are deleted.

Center MAY D-F USA in 1960

The CROSS clearly shown on the top of the house perhaps depicting the CHRUCH incidentally photograph by him in USA fifty years ago the structure of the church though not totally as seen in the painting.

Arch.D.P.Joshi standing in front of Baton Rouge The Cubical white structure

with sepia brown shadow play is almost similar to this

picture.

Lake side view

We can see the roof top of and surrounding of buildings is mixed in the painting which may be the juxtaposition of past mental images.

Beach home drinking water fountain in Detroit

Gavelis design in Spain

Base of the Effile Tower in Paris

This painting is perhaps

combination of all these

pictures.

Iscor in Paris

Housing construction in USA

The painting is horizon base and the illustrated pictures are close to its resemblance.

General Motors

The buildings and mountains and their top

counters dividing sky, earth and water is

perhaps recalled in this beautifully

balanced composition.

Skyline-New York

Yellowstone

Residential House in USA

Chicago Street

This symmetrical composition visibly divided in two parts when looking at these two pictures clicked fifty years ago does shows clear resemblance. Was he trying to recall these past impressions?

Hadley Family Springfield

Is this Painting relating to these photo images clicked in 1960

Umatarian Church F.L.W.

This landscape looks like combination of these images.

Local Air port USA

Exeter England

Tower of St.Marco-VeniceSt.Peters- Rome

This Doodle certainly depict these images in two separate yet one composition .

40’Decorative Tower Basilicas.

House in USA

A church in Florence

University Building California

Look at these four pictures clicked by him and match the similarities of various visual elements in the landscape.

Milasankar Architects Home.

This picture of an architect’s home is imprinted in his mind which seems to have been mixed up with towers and tree in this landscape.

An Arial view of the photograph which is close to this painting showing bird eye view of the town.

Sea scape USA

This painting is amazing and very surealastic.The sky is infinite and the frame enclosing the sky with bushes and counters of some structures is dream like. One of the best work before his death. Is their a relationships with these photos?

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Ceiling details of a cathedral

This painting is amazing and very surealastic.The sky is infinite and the frame enclosing the sky with bushes and counters of some structures is dream like. One of the best

work before his death.

Detroit

Rome Coliseum

The suspending linear structure is more resembling to the pictures clicked fifty years ago.

Hotel MiamiOffice building Detroit

Painting depicting amalgamation of these previous pictures.

Norte dam-Paris

London Trafalgar square

These two random sketches seems to have been intermixing above said pictures clicked

by him in 1960

Unknown structure in USA

This water colour at the bottom left seems to be combination of two past photo impressions.

Center MAY D-F USA in 1960

A Music Hall in old orchid west

Miami Tower

This water colour sketch is appears to be combination of all these pictures he clicked in 1960 USA and Europe study trip.

Gavelis Design-Spain

This is the picture of BOSTAN Urban Renewal clicked by him in 1960 and the painting rendered by him after fifty years gives close resemblance to his said picture. I do not know whether he had this concept rooted in his mind that came up after a long gap. In his last days during when this painting was rendered, he could not converse due to illness.

The Eifel Tower clicked in 1960 during Paris visit by him is recalled back in 2010 by visual memory and rendered spontaneously in water colors. The perspective is changed but details are closed to the original image. It is also interesting to note the new interpretation in the middle part of stricture.

It is also interesting to note the new interpretation in the middle part of stricture.

This ad have no direct connection to this said subject but one can partly relate to the era of 1960 in India. Arch.D.P.Joshi did flew by TWA as I remember then not by AIR INDIA and the cars seen in this ad are little old models seen in INDIA when compared with what we see in his street pictures of the same era of 60s in USA.

Arch.Chetan D. Joshi (Son of Arch.D.P.Joshi and Vijaya D. Joshi) Arch.Suchetra C. Joshi (Daughter-in-Law) and son Sarvesh C. Joshi (Grandson)

Our granddaughter IRA Aditya Gauri Joshi helping Ranjan ajoba for her great grand fathers work.

Arch.D.P.Joshi 85 years a picture taken just a year before his death. Mrs.Vijaya D.Joshi his wife 80 years a picture taken three years before her death.

Both seen here with Mr.Ranjan and Vidya Joshi