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M. C. Escher (1898–1972)

Author of M. C. Escher: The Graphic Work

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About the Author

Image credit: Maurits Cornelis Escher

Works by M. C. Escher

M. C. Escher: The Graphic Work (1959) — Author — 2,849 copies, 15 reviews
The World of M.C. Escher (1971) 756 copies, 3 reviews
M.C. Escher : 29 Master prints (1983) 411 copies, 3 reviews
Escher on Escher: Exploring the Infinite (1986) 370 copies, 2 reviews
The Pop-Up Book of M.C. Escher (1992) 232 copies, 2 reviews
Taschen PostcardBook : M.C. Escher (1990) 111 copies, 1 review
The Infinite World of M.C. Escher (1984) 77 copies, 1 review
Miniature Masterpieces: M. C. Escher (1994) 58 copies, 1 review
M.C. Escher: Sticker Book (1995) 21 copies, 1 review
Escher (ArtDossier) (2004) 17 copies
Between two worlds : escher x nendo (2019) — Artist — 13 copies
M.C. Escher 12 copies, 1 review
El arte de lo imposible (2006) 11 copies
Escher op reis (2018) 9 copies
Fliptomania M.c. Escher 5 copies, 1 review
The Graphic Work of M C Escher (1972) 4 copies, 1 review
Nell'occhio di Escher (2004) 4 copies
Mandalas mit M. C. Escher (2001) 3 copies
Drawing Hands 3 copies, 2 reviews
M. C. Escher Posterbook (1987) 3 copies
M. C. Escher (1986) 3 copies
M.C.Escher Colouring Book (1995) 3 copies
Relativity 2 copies
Riempimento 1 copy, 1 review
Occhio 1 copy, 1 review
Escher 2010 Calendar (2009) 1 copy
M.C. Escher (2016) 1 copy

Associated Works

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884) — Cover artist, some editions — 10,859 copies, 203 reviews
Cosmicomics (1965) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,506 copies, 57 reviews
The Aleph and Other Stories (1949) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,530 copies, 34 reviews
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,018 copies, 80 reviews
The Magic Mirror of M. C. Escher (1978) — Illustrator — 1,173 copies, 4 reviews
Masters of Deception: Escher, Dalí & the Artists of Optical Illusion (2004) — Contributor, some editions — 631 copies, 12 reviews
M.C. Escher Kaleidocycles (1977) — Illustrator — 369 copies, 6 reviews
The Magic of M.C. Escher (2000) 303 copies, 6 reviews
M C Escher (2003) — Illustrator — 262 copies
The Airs of Earth (1963) — Cover artist, some editions — 155 copies, 5 reviews
Science Fiction (1973) — Artwork — 45 copies, 1 review

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Escher, M. C.
Legal name
Escher, Maurits Cornelis
Birthdate
1898-06-17
Date of death
1972-03-27
Gender
male
Education
Haarlem School of Architecture and the Decorative Arts
Technische Hogeschool Delft
Occupations
graphic artist
Organizations
M.C. Escher Company
M.C. Escher Foundation
Escher Museum
Awards and honors
Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau (1955)
Asteroid Namesake (4444)
Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (1967)
Relationships
Ernst, Bruno (Vriend)
Short biography
Uitspraken van Escher:

"Ik geloof dat het maken van prenten, zoals ik dat doe, bijna alleen een kwestie is van het zo verschrikkelijk graag goed willen doen."

"Ik zou een tweede leven kunnen vullen met het werken aan mijn prenten."

"Op momenten van groot enthousiasme schijnt het me toe dat er nooit op de wereld, door niemand, zo iets moois en belangrijks gemaakt is."

"Ik speel een vermoeiend spel."

"Ik word niet volwassen. In mij is het kleine kind van vroeger."

"De dingen die ik wil uiten zijn zo prachtig en zuiver."

"Ik wandel steeds in raadselen. Er komen telkens jongelui die zeggen: u maakt ook popart. Ik weet helemaal niet wat dat is, popart. Dit werk maak ik al dertig jaar."

Eschers kunst - het structureel ondenkbare presenteren alsof het een wet van de natuur is.
M.C. Escher is geboren in 1898 in Leeuwarden in Nederland. Hij kreeg zijn eerste tekenlessen op de middelbare school van F.W. van der Haagen die hem ook de blokdruk leerde waardoor zijn aangeboren grafische talenten werden gestimuleerd.
Van 1912 tot 1922 studeerde hij aan de School voor Architectuur en Decoratie in Haarlem, waar hij les kreeg in grafische technieken van S. Jessurun de Mesquita die de verdere artistieke ontwikkeling van Escher zeer beïnvloed heeft. Tussen 1922 en 1934 woonde en werkte Escher in Italië. Daarna verbleef Escher twee jaar in Zwitserland en vijf jaar in Brussel voordat hij definitief verhuisde naar Baarn in Nederland waar hij stierf in 1972.
M.C. Escher is geen surrealist die ons zijn droomwereld ´in tekent´, maar een architect van perfect onmogelijke werelden die het structureel ondenkbare presenteren alsof het een wet van de natuur is. De dimensionale en perspectivische illusies die daaruit voortkomen confronteren ons met de beperkingen van onze zintuiglijke waarneming.
Nationality
Netherlands
Birthplace
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Places of residence
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Laren, Netherlands
Arnhem, Netherlands
Ukkel, Belgium
Baarn, Netherlands
Place of death
Hilversum, Netherlands
Burial location
Nieuwe algemene begraafplaats, Wijkamplaan te Baarn, Netherlands
Associated Place (for map)
Netherlands

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Reviews

44 reviews
I've been fascinated with and delighted by M.C. Escher's art since I first encountered his famous "Relativity" print as a small child. I love the way he way he plays with perspective, with dimensions, with background and foreground, with visual paradoxes, and recursion, and all kinds of almost mathematical ideas, all while retaining a sense of whimsy.

This particular volume reproduces 76 Escher prints (at least of couple of which, much to my surprise, I don't think I'd seen before), with the show more author himself providing a short introduction and a paragraph or so of commentary on each piece. These commentaries are often not much more than a simple description of what it is we're looking at, and yet even so I found many of them gave me interesting new insights. After all these years, it's rather wonderful to know I can still see new things in Escher's work. show less
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This is the second copy of this book I've bought, I gave the first one away to a friend who couldn't believe the trickery of Escher's sly imagination. I like Escher for the same reason I like Hieronymus Bosch: by the time you've worked out what's going on, your mood has lifted from any previous doom and gloom. Escher was sane and clever and Hieronymous Bosch a fevered, religious maniac and they share nothing in common, except in my mind.
A collection of Escher in large format, with a short introduction and bio of the artist. I love the art, but this book only reproduces 9 of Escher's works in color - the rest are black and white. For these the colors used are noted in the descriptions (!). Maybe the editors will do a companion for Michelangelo, with the Sistine Chapel in monochrome Poloroids...
A collection of letters, speeches and lectures by the artist himself. Tremendous insight into his work, and fully illustrated with the slides he himself prepared for the lectures, most in color. Escher reveals himself here as a deep thinker, ruminating on math, god and the human condition. Some the the speeches were translated from the Dutch, but the lectures are as Escher wrote them in English. If you're an Escher fan, get this book.

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H. S. M. Coxeter Contributor
C.H.A. Broos Contributor
Oki Sato Contributor
Dunja Hak Contributor
Ewan McEoin Contributor
Adam Nash Contributor
Cathy Leahy Contributor
John E. Brigham Translator
Karin Ford Translator
F. Wierda Editor
J. W. Vermeulen Contributor
Dirk Hiscock Book & cover designer

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