January 19, 2016, Birthday Sophie Taeuber-Arp to - 172, Commemorated Google Doodle Today.
Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a multitalented artist who was born in Switzerland January 19, 1889 and died on January 13, 1943. The artist is not only to be a painter, but also a sculptor, and dancers. Sophie Taeuber-Arp became the most influential artists of the geometric abstraction of the 20th century.
His father called Prussian Emil Taeuber was a pharmacist who died of tuberculosis when Sophie was 2 years old. Sophie began to learn about the arts in Switzerland precisely at the School of Applied Arts in St. Gallen (1906-1910). He then moved to the garage Wilhelm von Debschitz in Munich, where he studied at the school in 1911 and again in 1913 for one year at the School of Arts and Crafts in Hamburg. In 1916, he attended the Laban School of Dance in Zurich, and in the summer he joined the artists' colony of Monte Verita in Ascona. In 1917, he was dancing with Mary Wigman and others at Sun Festival organized by Laban in Ascona.
In addition, Sophie Taeuber-Arp also learn weaving and other textile arts of the year 1916-1929 in the School of Arts Zurich. In the 1916-1920, he created a work of constructivist works, along with those of Piet Mondrian and Kasimir Malevich which is a sophisticated geometric abstract art that reflects the subtle understanding of the interaction between color and shape.
The following bio Sophie Taeuber-Arp:
Born: January 19 1889, Davos, Switzerland
Died: January 13, 1943, Zürich, Switzerland
Pairs: Jean Arp (m. 1922-1943)
Artwork: Chest Head, Composition, other
Parents: Emil Taeuber, Sophie Taeuber-Krüsi
