Google Doodle honours Barbara Hepworth and her unconventional carving techniques #BarbaraHepworth

 

Yesterday Google doodles celebrated sculptor Barbara Hepworth. Google's entertainment #Google  #doodle #womensart #Newsnight #GoogleDoodle @googlearts

Barbara Hepworth, the influential sculptor who has been the subject of a new doodle on Google, is being honoured yesterday, not because of her birthdate or any other famous event, but on August 25, 1939, Hepworth arrived in St Ives. In search of a haven from war, it was here that Hepworth found her partner, Ben Nicholson, a community of artists who managed to create despite the havoc the conflict left over them. Together they founded the Penwith Arts Society with 19 other creators who lived in the coastal city. Primarily, though, Hepworth is known for its impressive innovation in sculpture. She helped pioneer a technique called "direct sculpting" where the artist approaches instinctively processing raw materials, rather than acting with a prepared form.

It wasn't that Hepworth had no formal training; The exact opposite. The artist was educated at the Leeds School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London and was able to extract her vast knowledge with sufficient precision to surrender herself to abstraction. Hepworth's largest and most monumental work ever served as an excellent example of her style. Titled Single Form, the artist's colossal bronze statue was made with her late friend Dag Hammarskjöld in mind. Hammarskjöld was the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, and therefore one model was constructed in May 1964 in front of the United Nations Building in New York City. The statue, which stands 21 feet tall, is reminiscent of the monolithic and mystical rocks that make up Stonehenge. However, Hepworth made a hole in the top of the figure so that it appeared to be staring at the world; An observer stands guard.

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Barbara Hepworth has a famous photograph with her award-winning model "The Unknown Political Prisoner" at Tate Gallery in London, 1953

“One of Hepworth's quotes was 'I paint how I feel in my body,'” Matt Cruikshank, the artist who created the doodles for Google yesterday, told Google in an interview. She handled the subjects with great classical knowledge and training. These tools gave her the foundation by which to develop her ultimate skill: Instinct. ”In Cruickshank's doodles, Hepworth's GIF always haunts a curved sculpture and looks great in content.