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{{short description|British painter of Indian descent (born 1936)}}
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| name = Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao
| image = Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao.jpeg
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| caption = K.R. Narayanan, President of India presenting Padmasri Award to S.V.Ramarao
| birth_date = 1936
| birth_place = [[Gudiwada]], Andhra Pradesh, India
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| occupation = Painter
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| known for = Art
| spouse = Suguna
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| children = Padmavathi
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Lord Croft Award<br>The Most Outstanding Artist in the Commonwealth
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'''Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao''' (born 1936) is a British painter<ref name="Bonhams">{{cite web | url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17915/lot/26/ | title=Bonhams | publisher=Bonhams | date=2014 | access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Mutual Art">{{cite web | url=http://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Siramdasu-Venkata-Rama-Rao/061C6D5E6BBF1EBB | title=Mutual Art | publisher=Mutual Art | date=2014 | access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> of Indian descent,<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/the-krishna-casts-a-lasting-impression-on-this-artist/article3744974.ece | title=The Hindu | date=9 August 2012 | access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> known for his [[cubist]] paintings.<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article601945.ece?service=print | title=Indian Express | publisher=Indian Express | date=9 September 2012 | access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> Holder of Commonwealth Fellowship of 1962,<ref name="Indian Express" /> he was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2001, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Padma Awards | date=2014 | access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
Rao, whose father was a wood carver and, later, builder,<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="Lyra Technologies" /><ref name="Frontline">{{cite web | url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2912/stories/20120629291212900.htm | title=Frontline | publisher=Frontline | date=June 2012 | access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> was born in [[Gudiwada]],<ref name="The Hindu" /> in the South India state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], in 1936,<ref name="Mutual Art" /><ref name="BBC">{{Art UK bio|retrieved=9 January 2015|ref=1}}</ref><ref name="Akhila Bharata Padmashali Sangam">{{cite web | url=http://akhilabharatapadmashalisangham.org/padmashali-padmashri-awardees.php | title=Akhila Bharata Padmashali Sangam | publisher=Akhila Bharata Padmashali Sangam | date=2014 | access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> His graduate studies were in Accounting and Banking in which he graduated from [[Andhra University]] in 1955.<ref name="Lyra Technologies">{{cite web | url=http://lyratechnologies.com/svramarao/Brochure.pdf | title=Lyra Technologies | publisher=Lyra Technologies | date=2014 | access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> During this period, he studied art under the tutelage of K. Venugopal<ref name="Frontline" /> and later, under K Srinivasulu<ref name="The Hindu" /> and secured a government diploma in Fine Arts in 1955<ref name="Lyra Technologies" /> from Kalakshetra, Chennai. On the insistence of the progressive art director of the institution, Madhavapeddi Gokhale,<ref name="Frontline" /> he joined Madras School of Arts and Crafts, present day [[Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai]] for advanced training<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="Akhila Bharata Padmashali Sangam" /> and passed a Fine Arts degree course in 1959.<ref name="Lyra Technologies" /> Simultaneously, he studied Economics and secured a second graduate degree from Andhra University.<ref name="Lyra Technologies" />

His association with the renowned painter, [[K. C. S. Paniker]], in Chennai, assisted him in his growth<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Lyra Technologies" /><ref name="Frontline" /> and he moved to New Delhi in 1959 under a [[Government of India]] research fellowship where he stayed till 1962.<ref name="Lyra Technologies" /> On receiving a Commonwealth Fellowship that year,<ref name="The Hindu" /> Rao migrated to UK<ref name="Indian Express" /> and studied at the [[Slade School of Fine Arts]], [[University of London]] till 1965<ref name="Lyra Technologies" /> under [[William Coldstream]].<ref name="Akhila Bharata Padmashali Sangam" /> The next two years were spent at [[London County Council]] as a teacher of painting and drawing.<ref name="Lyra Technologies" /><ref name="Akhila Bharata Padmashali Sangam" /> Later, in 1967, he shifted to US and passed the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) course from the [[University of Cincinnati]] in 1969 and concurrently taught at the university as a teaching assistant,<ref name="Akhila Bharata Padmashali Sangam" /> a post he held till 1969.<ref name="Lyra Technologies" /> The next move was to [[Western Kentucky University]] as the professor of fine arts.<ref name="Lyra Technologies" /><ref name="Akhila Bharata Padmashali Sangam" /> Later, he moved his base to Chicago.<ref name="Indian Express" />

Rao's lithographs are found in the collections of Herbert Reed, [[Tate Gallery]], London and the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York.<ref name="Frontline" /> Some of his exhibitions have been co-hosted by renowned modern painters such as [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Joan Miro]], [[Max Ernst]], [[Jackson Pollock]], [[Georges Braque]] and [[Salvador Dali]]<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="Frontline" /> and his paintings are sold by art auctioneers such as [[Bonhams]]<ref name="Bonhams" /> and Rosebury's Fine Arts Auctioneers.<ref name="Mutual Art" /> His paintings are displayed at:<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Lyra Technologies" /><ref name="Frontline" />

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* [[Museum of Modern Art]], New York
* [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London
* [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]], Wellington
* [[Seattle Art Museum]], Seattle
* [[Nuffield Foundation]], London
* Linx House Foundation, Glasgow
* [[National Gallery of Modern Art]], New Delhi
* [[British Council]], London
* Asia House, New York
* [[Mobile Museum of Art]], Alabama
* [[University of Cincinnati]], Cincinnati
* [[Fogg Art Museum]], Harvard University, Boston
* [[Kalamazoo Institute of Arts]], [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]
* [[Ford Foundation]], New Delhi
* [[University of London]], London
* Chitralaya State Art Gallery, [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
* [[Madras Museum]], [[Chennai]]
* [[Lalit Kala Academy]], [[Hyderabad]]
* [[India International Centre]], New Delhi
* [[Salar Jung Museum]], [[Hyderabad]]
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Rao, who is also credited with publications on art and poetry,<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="The Paintings of the Author">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QysOOAAACAAJ | title=The Paintings of the Author | publisher=University of Cincinnati | author=Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao | year=1970}}</ref> is married to Suguna and the couple has a daughter, Padmavathi, a known classical dancer of [[Bharatanatyam]].<ref name="Lyra Technologies" /> He returned to India<ref name="Lyra Technologies" /> in 2003 and pursues his work there.<ref name="Indian Express" />

==Awards and recognitions==
Rama Rao received the Lord Croft Award in 1962.<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Frontline" /><ref name="Akhila Bharata Padmashali Sangam" /> Three years later, he was selected as ''The Most Outstanding Artist in the Commonwealth'' by the Second Commonwealth Biennial of Abstract Art Exhibition, held in London in 1965.<ref name="Lyra Technologies" /> A doctorate (DLitt, Honoris Causa) holder from the [[Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University]], Hyderabad, Rao's biography is featured in the ''Outstanding Educators of America'' and Washington DC publication.<ref name="Lyra Technologies" /> The [[Government of India]] honoured him with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 2001.<ref name="Lyra Technologies" /><ref name="Frontline" /><ref name="Akhila Bharata Padmashali Sangam" />

==See also==
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* [[Pablo Picasso]]
* [[Joan Miro]]
* [[Max Ernst]]
* [[Jackson Pollock]]
* [[Georges Braque]]
* [[Salvador Dali]]
* [[K. C. S. Paniker]]
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==References==
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