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MC Escher BIOGRAPHY
1898 Leeuwarden, Netherlands - 1972. Known for: Lithography, woodcut, drawings.
Maurits Cornelis Escher (M.C.) is known for his graphic art and is best known for his so-called impossible structures, such as "Ascending and Descending", "Relativity", his Transformation Prints,... Read full biography
Maurits Cornelis Escher (M.C.) is known for his graphic art and is best known for his so-called impossible structures, such as "Ascending and Descending", "Relativity", his Transformation Prints, such as "Metamorphosis I", "Metamorphosis II" and "Metamorphosis III", "Sky & Water I or Reptiles". He... Read full biography
Maurits Cornelis Escher (M.C.) is known for his graphic art and is best known for his so-called impossible structures, such as "Ascending and Descending", "Relativity", his Transformation Prints, such as "Metamorphosis I", "Metamorphosis II" and "Metamorphosis III", "Sky & Water I or Reptiles". He did realistic styled work during the time he lived and traveled in Italy such as in Castrovalva where one already can see Escher's fascination with perspective. The lithograph "Atrani", depicting a... Read full biography
Maurits Cornelis Escher (M.C.) is known for his graphic art and is best known for his so-called impossible structures, such as "Ascending and Descending", "Relativity", his Transformation Prints, such as "Metamorphosis I", "Metamorphosis II" and "Metamorphosis III", "Sky & Water I or Reptiles". He did realistic styled work during the time he lived and traveled in Italy such as in Castrovalva where one already can see Escher's fascination with perspective. The lithograph "Atrani", depicting a small town on the Amalfi Coast, was made in 1931, but is referenced in "Metamorphosis I and II". M.C. Escher, during his lifetime, made 448 lithographs, woodcuts and wood engravings and over 2000 drawings and sketches. Like some of his famous... Read full biography
Maurits Cornelis Escher (M.C.) is known for his graphic art and is best known for his so-called impossible structures, such as "Ascending and Descending", "Relativity", his Transformation Prints, such as "Metamorphosis I", "Metamorphosis II" and "Metamorphosis III", "Sky & Water I or Reptiles". He did realistic styled work during the time he lived and traveled in Italy such as in Castrovalva where one already can see Escher's fascination with perspective. The lithograph "Atrani", depicting a small town on the Amalfi Coast, was made in 1931, but is referenced in "Metamorphosis I and II". M.C. Escher, during his lifetime, made 448 lithographs, woodcuts and wood engravings and over 2000 drawings and sketches. Like some of his famous predecessors, - Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Dürer and Holbein-, M.C. Escher was le... Read full biography
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Maurits Cornelis Escher (M.C.) is known for his graphic art and is best known for his so-called impossible structures, such as "Ascending and Descending", "Relativity", his Transformation Prints, such as "Metamorphosis I", "Metamorphosis II" and "Metamorphosis III", "Sky & Water I or Reptiles".
He did realistic styled work during the time he lived and traveled in Italy such as in Castrovalva where one already can see Escher's fascination with perspective. The lithograph "Atrani", depicting a small town on the Amalfi Coast, was made in 1931, but is referenced in "Metamorphosis I and II".
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