The present Doodle celebrates the 120th birthday celebration of Ukrainian painter Kateryna Bilokur, a self-trained virtuoso who acquired global eminence for her itemized and striking artistic creations, particularly those highlighting her unique focus on flowers.

Through a courageous dedication to her specialty, Bilokur conquered incredible affliction to procure acknowledgment close by the expert artists of her time.

Kateryna Bilokur was born on this day in 1900 in Bohdanivka, a town in Ukraine’s Kyiv district. She was denied an primary education and went through her days as a farm worker, however she would not give this stand access her direction.

She created brushes out of raw materials and paints out of foods like beets and elderberries to seek after her masterful energy in her extra time, with nature as her dream.

At that point when she was almost 40, her life took a happy turn. Motivated by a song on the radio, Bilokur composed a letter of admiration to the Ukrainian singer Oksana Petrusenko with a unique work appended. Petrusenko was intrigued to such an extent that she helped prepare for the first exhibitions of Bilokur’s work.

Throughout the following twenty years, her one of a kind portrayals of transcendent natural beauty contacted a worldwide crowd, strikingly procuring immense recognition from the Spanish expert Pablo Picasso at a 1954 exhibition in Paris.

For her lifetime accomplishments, Bilokur was named a People’s Artist of Ukraine, the highest arts award for Ukrainian residents.

Happy birthday to a artist who demonstrated it’s never too late to blossom into your potential.