Constantin Brancusi gets Google Doodle - Constantin Brancusi is the latest person to be celebrated with a Google Doodle - on the 135th anniversary of his birth. The Romanian sculptor was born on 18 February 1876, and would produce more than 215 sculptures by the time of his death in Paris on 16 March 1957.
Romania's Communist government turned down the collection bequeathed to it on his death, and instead it was the French government who benefited from part of his body of work. During his time working in Paris from 1904, Brancusi mixed with a vibrant artistic community and was encouraged by French sculptor Auguste Rodin. His circle of friends included Pablo Picasso, Man Ray and Henri Rousseau.
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