M.C. Escher
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M. C. Escher in 1971
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| Born |
Maurits Cornelis Escher 17 June 1898 Leeuwarden, Netherlands |
| Died | 27 March 1972 (aged 73) Laren, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Education | Haarlem School of Architecture and Decorative Arts |
| Known for | Drawing, printmaking |
| Notable work | Relativity, Waterfall, Hand with Reflecting Sphere |
| Awards | Knighthood of the Order of Orange-Nassau |
Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmʌurɪts kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈɛʃər]; 17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972), or commonly M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints.
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, Harold Coxeter and crystallographer Friedrich Haag, and conducted his own research into tessellation.
Early in his career, he drew inspiration from nature, making studies of insects, landscapes, and plants such as lichens, all of which he used as details in his artworks. He traveled in Italy and Spain, sketching buildings, townscapes, architecture and the tilings of the Alhambra and the Mezquita of Cordoba, and became steadily more interested in their mathematical structure.
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