M. C. Escher (1898–1972)
Author of M. C. Escher: The Graphic Work
About the Author
Image credit: Maurits Cornelis Escher
Works by M. C. Escher
Escher in Seattle: Catalogue of the exhibition : Seattle Center Pavilion, Seattle, Washington, March 4-May 16, 1994 (1994) 7 copies
Des mondes impossibles : Le miroir magique de M-C Escher. L'aventure des figures impossibles. Le monde des illusions d'o (2002) 5 copies
M C Escher Overzichtstentoonstelling in Het Haags Gemeentemuseum Ter Ere Van Zun 70ste Verjaardag 8 Juni-21 Juli 1968 (1968) 5 copies
Relativity 2 copies
M.C. Escher's universe of mind play: [exhibition] Osaka, September 6-September 23, 1983, Yao Seibu Hall ... [et al.] (1983) 2 copies
Mano con sfera riflettente 1 copy
M. C. Escher Flipbook 1 copy
O mundo magico de Escher 1 copy
Images et Coloriages 1 copy
Masterpieces in 3D 1 copy
Bond of Union 1 copy
LA MAGIA DE ESCHER 1 copy
Beldevere, 1958: Blank Book 1 copy
M.C. Escher: Graphics 1 copy
M.C. Escher Flipbook 1 copy
Regelmatige vlakverdeling 1 copy
Gravura e Desnhos 1 copy
Escher in Madison: Catalogue of the exhibition : the Woolworth building on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin, October 1-18, 1993 (1993) 1 copy
Begrensde beweging 1 copy
Hello Kitty Hello World! 1 copy
Associated Works
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884) — Cover artist, some editions — 10,859 copies, 203 reviews
M.C. Escher : his life and complete graphic work ; with a fully illustrated catalogue (1981) — Illustrator — 652 copies, 6 reviews
Masters of Deception: Escher, Dalí & the Artists of Optical Illusion (2004) — Contributor, some editions — 631 copies, 12 reviews
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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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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
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
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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