On its home page, the search engine has posted a depiction of Sher-Gil's famed painting 'Three Girls' created by Jennifer Hom.
To create the final version, Hom has reworked the image to match Sher-Gil's style and signature attention to the tone, texture and color of skin and clothing.
The reach of the Google doodle is seen in Argentina, Iceland, Portugal,Lithuania, Serbia, Slovenia, Israel, Kenya, Kazhakstan, Indonesia and Japan besides India.
"Vivid color, graceful forms, and bold strokes mark the remarkable life and work of Indian painter described as the 'Indian Frida Kahlo'," Google says about her works, which have been declared as National Treasures in India.
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Born in 1913 to a Sikh father and Hungarian mother in Budaperst, the artist was influenced by both eastern European and South Asian styles and standards of female beauty.
She studied and practiced in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where she got her start as an artist and life consummate bohemian.
After returning to India, she painted many portraits of her family and friends, the most notable being "The Three Girls."
The painter passed away on December 5, 1941 before the age of twenty-nine.