Who was Katarzyna Kobro? Google Doodle celebrates Polish sculptor’s 124th birthday

GOOGLE will periodically honor someone significant in history via their Google Doodles on the Google homepage.

The big tech company honored Katarzyna Kobro with a Google Doodle on January 26, 2022.

Who was Katarzyna Kobro?

Kobro was a Russian-born, Polish avant-garde sculptor and art theoretician.

Google is honoring her to celebrate what would have been the artist’s 124th birthday.

According to , she “studied sculpture at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1917, on the eve of the Revolution, then at the city’s Free State Art Studios in 1918”.

: “Her utilitarian and geometric sculptures explored the relationship between expression and the infinitude of space, carving out Kobro’s place as a leading innovator of early 20th century Central European abstract art.”

Kobro was born into a multicultural family in Moscow on January 26, 1898.

Art historians began restoring her works in the mid-twentieth century, which reignited interest in her influence on the social and artistic movements of her time.

Many of her remaining artworks are on display in the Museum of Modern Art in New York’s 2021 exhibition Collection 1940s–1970s.

Kobro was also a teacher of art one point during her career.

state that in 1920, she moved to Smolensk, where she joined a community of artists working around Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935).

She taught sculpture at the School of Ceramics and designed theatre sets and posters.

Why is Katarzyna Kobro being celebrated with a Google Doodle?

According to Google, they are honoring Kobro and her birthday because she was “an intellect who shaped the art world”.

Google honors significant people, moments in time, and more in their Google Doodles.

They have created over 4000 doodles for their homepages around the world.

Some other famous Polish artists like Kobro are:

• Pawel Althamer – Art of Social Transformation.
• Wilhelm Sasnal – The Collage Of Life.
• Aneta Grzeszykowska – The World of Symbolic Narratives.
• Marcin Maciejowski – To Paint as a Cartoonist Draws.
• Konrad Smolenski – Between Sound and the Image.

What is a Google Doodle?

Google releases Doodles to celebrate anniversaries, birthdays or days of note throughout history.

The first-ever Google Doodle was designed by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and honored The Burning Man event in Nevada.