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M. C. Escher

Dutch graphic artist known for mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints.

M. C. Escher

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He was born on 17 June 1898 in Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands.[1] At age 73, Escher passed away on 27 March 1972 while in a Hilversum hospital.[2]

Quick Facts

Other names
Mauk
Birth name
Maurits Cornelis Escher
Born
17 June 1898
Birthplace
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Died
27 March 1972
Place of death
Hilversum, Netherlands
Resting place
Baarn, Netherlands
Education
Technical College of Delft, Haarlem School of Architecture and Decorative Arts

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

He attended the Haarlem School of Architecture and Decorative Arts from 1919 to 1922, studying under graphic artist Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita.[3] He lived in Rome from 1923 to 1935 and married Jetta Umiker in 1924.[4] In 1935 the family left Italy due to the political climate under Mussolini and moved to Switzerland.[5] His last work, a large woodcut called Snakes, was finished in July 1969.[6]

During 1922, Escher journeyed through Italy and Spain; the Moorish architecture at the Alhambra in Granada sparked his fascination with tessellation.[7][8] After relocating to Baarn in the Netherlands during 1941, the period that followed produced the majority of Escher's most famous works.[9]

What the cited sources add

The same article states that Escher's first full retrospective exhibition in his native Netherlands occurred only on his 70th birthday.[10] The Guardian also describes how Escher's House of Stairs was inspired by his own school's stairways.[10] The Guardian explains that Escher's Ascending and Descending was inspired by mathematician Roger Penrose and his father Lionel Penrose.[10] Escher stated that he created wheel-shaped creatures because he was dissatisfied "concerning nature's lack of any wheel-shaped living creatures".[10]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "M. C. Escher" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Chronology", World of Escher; "About M.C. Escher", Escher in het Paleis; Bryden, "Sundial: Theoretical Relationships Between Psychological Type, Talent, And Disease", Center for Applications of Psychological Type, 2005 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "M. C. Escher" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Chronology", World of Escher; "About M.C. Escher", Escher in het Paleis; M.C. Escher , Netherlands Institute for Art History, 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.; M.C. Escher , Vorstelijk Baarn. Retrieved 6 November 2015. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "M. C. Escher" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Chronology", World of Escher; "About M.C. Escher", Escher in het Paleis; "Chronology", World of Escher; Bryden, "Sundial: Theoretical Relationships Between Psychological Type, Talent, And Disease", Center for Applications of Psychological Type, 2005; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "M. C. Escher" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Chronology", World of Escher; "About M.C. Escher", Escher in het Paleis (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "M. C. Escher" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ernst, Bruno, The Magic Mirror of M.C. Escher, Taschen, 1978; p. 15 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "M. C. Escher" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; "Snakes", M. C. Escher; Cucker, "Manifold Mirrors: The Crossing Paths of the Arts and Mathematics", Cambridge University Press, 25 April 2013, p. 106–107; "M.C. Escher – Creating The "Snakes" Woodcut", YouTube, 16 February 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "M. C. Escher" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Chronology", World of Escher (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "M. C. Escher" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Roza, "An Optical Artist: Exploring Patterns and Symmetry", Rosen Classroom, 2005, p. 20; Monroe, "Hispano-Arabic Poetry: A Student Anthology", Gorgias Press LLC, 2004, p. 65 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "M. C. Escher" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Chronology", World of Escher; "About M.C. Escher", Escher in het Paleis; "Chronology", World of Escher (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Poole, "The impossible world of MC Escher", The Guardian, 20 June 2015. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article M. C. Escher (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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