Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) is one of the world's most famous
graphic artists. His art is enjoyed by millions of people all over the world,
as can be seen on the many web sites on the internet. He is most famous for his
so-called impossible constructions, such as Ascending and Descending, Relativity,
his Transformation Prints, such as Metamorphosis I, Metamorphosis
II and Metamorphosis III, Sky & Water I or Reptiles.
But he also made some wonderful, more realistic work during the time he
lived and traveled in Italy.
Castrovalva for example, where one already can see Escher's
fascination for high and low, close by and far away. The lithograph Atrani,
a small town on the Amalfi Coast was made in 1931, but comes back for example,
in his masterpiece 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 left-handed. Apart from being a graphic artist, M.C. Escher
illustrated books, designed tapestries, postage stamps and murals.
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