M. C. Escher

Also known as Mauricio Escher, Mauk Escher, M.C. Escher, Escher, Maurits Escher

Dutch graphic artist (1898–1972)

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M. C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist (1898–1972) known for creating intricate visual works. His art matters because it demonstrates how printmaking and drawing can explore complex spatial relationships and mathematical concepts in visually captivating ways.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1898
Died: 1972
Works: 112

Top works

Heer Pierlala
Grafiek en tekeningen M. C. Escher
Printed books and maps
Escher x nendo
Le monde de M.C. Escher

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Film & TV

Acting · Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Known for

M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity — Self - Graphic Artist (archive footage)2018
Achieving the Unachievable — Archival Footage2007
Metamorphose: M.C. Escher, 1898-1972 — Himself1999
The Fantastic World of M.C. Escher — Himself1980
Adventures in Perception — Self1971

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Australia
Active from: 1898
Active to: 1972

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 3
Total plays: 4

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The Challenge of Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems
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· 2004 · cited 1,220x
ESPGHAN Revised Porto Criteria for the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children and Adolescents
· 2014 · cited 1,220x

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Quotes

“But to get back to the point: did you ever imagine that your dad, who lives so far away from the bustle and intrigue of the world, working on his prints day after day like a hermit, would some day be drawn into the sickening scene of vain officialdom, despite himself?.. .But what on earth can I do about it? Luckily I can swear by God and all his angels that I never moved a finger to get the decoration or licked the boots of any bigwigs.”
“In mathematical quarters, the regular division of the plane has been considered theoretically.. .Does this mean that it is an exclusively mathematical question? In my opinion, it does not. [Mathematicians] have opened the gate leading to an extensive domain, but they have not entered this domain themselves. By their very nature they are more interested in the way in which the gate is opened than in the garden lying behind it.”
“After the first proof [of 'Sphere Spirals'] my high expectations were, as always, greatly disappointed. I am now struggling on - with some feeling of despair - so that I at least achieve a passable result.”
“As long as there have been men.. ..upon this globe.. ..we have held firmly to the notion of.. ..all of which must continue to be everlasting in time and infinite in space.”
“The ideas that are basic to [my work] often bear witness to my amazement and wonder at the laws of nature which operate in the world around us. He who wonders discovers that this is in itself a wonder. By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing the observations that I had made, I ended up in the domain of mathematics.”
“The fact that, from 1938 onwards, I concentrated more on the interpretation of personal ideas was primarily the result of my departure from Italy. In Switzerland, Belgium, and Holland where I successively established myself, I found the outward appearance of landscapes and architecture to be less striking than those which are particularly to be seen in the southern part of Italy. Thus I felt compelled to withdraw from the more or less direct and true-to-life illustrating of my surroundings.”

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.mcescher.com
Image: Maurits Cornelis Escher.jpg

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Commons category: Maurits Cornelis Escher
date of birth: 1898-01-01
date of death: 1972-01-01
IPA transcription: [ˈmʌurɪt͡s kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈɛʃər]
birth name: Maurits Cornelis Escher
name in native language: Maurits Cornelis Escher
described at URL: www.capriolus.nl/nl/content/escher-maurits
start of work period: 1918-01-01
end of work period: 1969-00-00
Commons Creator page: Maurits Cornelis Escher

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Article

Maurits Cornelis Escher (/ˈɛʃər/; Dutch: [ˈmʌurɪts kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈɛɕər]; 17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were inspired by mathematics. Despite wide popular interest, for most of his life Escher was neglected in the art world, even in his native Netherlands. He was 70 before a retrospective exhibition was held. In the late twentieth century, he became more widely appreciated, and in the twenty-first century he has been celebrated in exhibitions around the world.

His work features mathematical objects and operations including impossible objects, explorations of infinity, reflection, symmetry, perspective, truncated and stellated polyhedra, hyperbolic geometry, and tessellations. Although Escher believed he had no mathematical ability, he interacted with the mathematicians George Pólya, Roger Penrose, and Donald Coxeter, and the crystallographer Friedrich Haag, and conducted his own research into tessellation.