When you search for something on Google, you can see what is Google’s Doodle of the day. Today Google’s Doodle honors the world’s first chickenpox vaccine, developed by Dr. Michiaki Takahashi in 1974. It is responsible for preventing severe cases of the disease. Besides helping prevent chickenpox, the vaccine has helped save many lives. You can also use Google’s Doodle to spread the word about your products or services.

Vermeer

Vermeer’s doodle, which is a representation of a Golden Age baroque painter, has been a Google banner for several days. Today, it’s appearing in search results, and is visible in 36 countries. Google’s Arts and Culture project will help users explore more of Vermeer’s work, including the famous Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window. You can read more about Vermeer in Google’s article on the artist.

Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter during the Baroque period and is considered to be one of the finest painters of all time. A major Vermeer exhibition opened in 1995 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., but it is not known what Vermeer’s early life was like. His work continues to inspire modern artists, and the Vermeer banner on Google’s homepage is an excellent example.

The artist may have studied at the Academies of Utrecht and Amsterdam, and was influenced by both painters’ styles. The Utrecht school was influenced by the work of Caravaggio and Rembrandt van Rijn, and Vermeer exhibited the qualities of these two schools. He was a student of the two, and exhibited paintings that exemplify both schools of painting. His Christ in the House of Mary and Martha is a prime example of both.

Paul Cezanne

It’s no surprise that the French painter is featured in Google’s banner today, with the doodle of his famous still-life painting on the site’s homepage. Born in 1839, Cezanne studied law before deciding to pursue art full time. His father was a banker, but he didn’t want to see his son become a lawyer, so Cezanne opted to pursue art instead. Cezanne’s influence on Cubist artists is well documented, as his paintings of fruit are among his most famous works.

A troubled artist, Cezanne began his career at age fourteen and later died in Paris at the age of 67. His early work is known for its experimental use of perspective and his ability to distill objects into geometric shapes, opening the way for other painters to experiment with reality. His work, like those of Picasso and other notable artists, shows his uncanny ability to capture the essence of a moment by staring at it intently. Cezanne also paints mountains, which are a perfect setting for the pixelated constellations in his mind. His still-life paintings contain a host of memories, flashes of desire, and other emotions that make them so enchanting.

The newest exhibition of Cezanne opens in Chicago and London this weekend. It will be the largest monographic exhibition of a French painter since the 1990s. The Chicago presentation of the exhibition will include about 90 oil paintings, forty watercolours, and two sketchbooks. A self-portrait from Cezanne’s Musee d’Orsay is featured as the opening painting. The curators of the Chicago presentation are Gloria Groom and Natalia Sidlina.

George Seurat

For the sixteen2nd anniversary of his birth, Google is paying tribute to the work of French painter Georges Seurat, who was known for his use of pointillism and chromoluminarism. Born in 1859 in Paris, Seurat studied color theory and optical physics and later developed his style known as “Pointillism.” Today’s Google banner highlights this style, with its use of contrasting colors and 200,000 tiny brushstrokes. This unique technique evolved into Neo-Impressionism, which changed the course of modern art.

Seurat’s pointillism paintings revolutionized the world of art, and the search bar is now written in the style of the artist. Today, on his 162nd birthday, Google dedicated an animated Doodle to him. The image displays the famous pointillism technique in a new way, as the Google logo slowly changes over time. Seurat’s neo-impressionist paintings, “The Boats of Hamelin,” for example, were so detailed that they were viewed from a distance.

Although his life was tragic, his work inspired countless artists in various disciplines. His work has been the subject of a blockbuster movie and Broadway musical. Georges Seurat died at age 31 on March 29, 1891. He was pregnant with his second child, but he died in Paris shortly afterward. His death was attributed to various diseases. He is buried at the Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise, Paris, where he was interred.