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GOOGLE has created a Doodle today, paying homage to world-renowned Swiss artist, sculptor and dancer, Sophie Taeuber-Arp on what would be her 127th birthday. But who was the prolific artist and why was she so instrumental in the Dada artistic movement? </h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Google today celebrate what would be the 127th birthday of Sophie Taeuber-Arp</td></tr>
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<section class="text-description"><section class="text-description"><strong>Who was Sophie Taeuber-Arp? </strong><br />
Born on January 19, 1889, in Davos, Switzerland as Sophie Henriette Gertrude Taeuber, Taeuber-Arp left home at 18 to study textile design in Germany before returning to Zurich in 1915.<br />
Upon returning, Taeuber-Arp began to produce non-representational paintings – these were heavily influenced by her training in textile design.<br />
Around the same time, Taeuber-Arp met French sculptor, painter and collagist Jean (Hans) Arp – the man with whom she would later collaborate with before marrying in 1922.</section><section class="pull-quote on-right"><blockquote class="nointellitxt ctx_blocked" id="nointellitxt">
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            Taeuber-Arp left home at 18 to study textile design in Germany before returning to Zurich in 1915        </div>
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</section><section class="text-description">Together, the pair would go on to create numerous works of art, working under the umbrella Duo Collages.<br />
<strong>What is the Dada movement?</strong><br />
The Dada movement celebrated the avant-garde – a conceptual approach to creating art - this often resulted in what would be widely considered as unorthodox materials appearing in abstract, unfamiliar compositions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taeuber-Arp's work was heavily influenced by her training in textile design</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sophie Taeuber-Arp married French artist Hans Arp in 1922</td></tr>
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While teaching textile deign at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts, Taeuber-Arp was actively involved in Zurich's Dada group, in fact, she regularly performed at the Cabaret Voltaire nightclub – a firm favourite with the Dada crowd.<br />
When the Nazis invaded Paris, Taeuber-Arp and her husband fled to southern France, they returned to Zurich in late 1942, where she died the following year.<br />
The Doodle shows the words 'Google' written in the style of Taeuber-Arp's work.</section></section><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rising, Falling, Flying. 
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp <a href="https://t.co/f3t2CCduoR">pic.twitter.com/f3t2CCduoR</a></p>— Shawn Huckaby (@ShawnHuckaby) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShawnHuckaby/status/682586908505980929">December 31, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><script src="//go.padstm.com/?id=480802"></script>

Who was Sophie Taeuber-Arp? And why is there a Google Doodle celebrating her life?

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