Google doodles Amrita Sher-Gil on birth anniversary

The doodle is based on Amrita Sher-Gil’s “Three Girls” painting.

To create the final version, Hom has reworked the image to match Sher-Gil’s style and signature attention to the tone, texture and colour of skin and clothing. The doodle is visible on the Google homepages in India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Iceland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia and Lithunia.

Amrita Sher-Gil, born to Indian-Hungarian parents in 1913, is often dubbed as India’s Frida Kahlo. The Government of India has declared her works as National Art Treasures, and majority are housed in the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi.

Like her Mexican peer Frida Kahlo, with whom she shares Hungarian heritage, Sher-Gil was a rebellious and adventurous spirit who broke barriers in art and life.

It was painted by the artist when she came back to India from Europe. the painting won The Gold Medal at the annual exhibition of the Bombay Art Society in 1937. Sher-Gil passed away on 5 December 1941 in Lahore which is now in Pakistan.

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