MC Escher was a Dutch artist known for his woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. He created impossible structures, tessellations, and experiments with the infinite. His works are reproduced and sold worldwide, and he has museums dedicated to him. He died in 1972.
MC Escher, whose full name is Maurits Cornelis Escher, was a Dutch artist born in Leeuwarden on June 17, 1898. His parents – George Arnold Escher, a civil engineer, and Sara Gleichman – educated their son in carpentry and music . As a boy, Escher showed artistic talent but got poor grades in school. After primary and secondary school, he briefly studied architecture before moving on to study decorative arts. During this part of his education, Escher learned to create woodcuts and made more progress with drawing than he did.
In 1922, MC Escher spent time traveling through Spain and Italy. These trips were important for the artist. Besides being inspired by the architecture and landscapes he experiences in this period, he also met the woman he would marry. Jetta Umiker. The couple moved to Italy, Switzerland and Belgium several times during the first few years of their marriage. In 1941 they were forced to move again due to the Second World War. This time they moved to the Netherlands and stayed there for almost thirty years.
Escher is best known for his woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints. His work often shows architecturally impossible structures, tessellations, metamorphoses and experiments with the infinite. Some of his best-known works are Still Life with Spherical Mirror (1934), Hand with Reflecting Sphere (1935), Magic Mirror (1946), Drawing Hands (1948), and Relativity (1953). During his career he was awarded the title of Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. At the age of 73, MC Escher died on March 27, 1972.
Over the course of his life, MC Escher has developed quite a following. Indeed, there continue to be many Escher fans around the world today. His works, which challenge human perception and inspire thoughts of alternate realities, are reproduced and sold in the media of posters, coffee mugs, neckties, puzzles and even sculptures. The Escher Museum, dedicated to the Dutch artist, opened in The Hague, the Netherlands on November 16, 2002. However, there are many other museums that house MC Escher’s works. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa are two public museums that own the original Eschers. MC Escher’s work is also part of some of the most prestigious private collections in the world.
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