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U Bhaskar Rao

1946
U Bhaskar Rao

Masterpieces On Exhibit

U Bhaskar Rao

Bhaskar Rao is a Hyderabad-based artist, whose artworks draw their inspiration from nature, and particularly feature trees, green landscapes with clear-blue skies, vast water bodies and rolling meadows. His picturesque scenes are meant, in his own words, “to reflect the memories and experiences I have collected from the places I have lived, touched, smelled, heard and walked through.” His experimentation with figurative and street art led Rao eventually to natural landscapes. They, in turn, led to him developing an interest in trees – which were to become his leitmotif and the core element of his works.

For Rao, trees are culturally significant emblems, deeply embedded in Indian mythological narratives, as well as occupying sacred roles. Further, they assume important roles within the physical landscape, not only yielding fruits but providing shade, as well as covering and protecting the earth’s surface. Rendering trees in myriad mediums, he returns each time to it with a new vision.

His acrylic on canvas artwork displayed with us is titled Sage and is made in 2019.