Fischinger left Nazi Germany for Hollywood in 1936 as Hitler cracked down on abstract art. His impeccably-created stop-motion animations, synchronised to music, were a painstaking endeavour that he would obsess over for months or years.
Before computer software, the animations were a labour of love, requiring its creators to meticulously plan the arrangements and make sure they were in time with the music.
“Music is not limited to the world of sound. There exists a music of the visual world,” is one of Fischinger’s famous quotes.
Google’s commemorative Doodle allows those who click on it to create their own visual art in Fischinger’s style, clicking on the diamonds to choose notes.
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