Biography of M.C. Escher

M.C. Escher

M.C. Escher (Maurits Cornelis Escher) lived from the 17th of June 1898 to the 27th of March 1972. He was born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. He was not academically competent, he attended a 'special school', and had to repeat several grades. In 1919 Escher started at  the 'Haarlem School of Architecture and Decorative Arts', however he switched after less than a year from Architecture to Decorative Arts. In 1924 Escher married Jetta Umiker, they moved to Rome and had one son, Giorgio Arnaldo Escher, in 1935. Through Escher's life he moved many times, never settling in one place for long. During World War 1, Escher moved back to the Netherlands where he created alot of very well-known artworks. There was only a short period of time-whilst he was having surgery-that he did not produce any more works. He died at the age of 72 in an artists retirement home.

BBC Video: The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher

Bond of Union

Name: 'Bond of Union'
Date: 1956
Medium: Lithograph print
The Bond of Union portreys the relationship between two people. Although the painting techniques are traditional and the pictures show two identifiable objects, the content is irrational and displays a dream like fantasy that could not exist in a world of reality. The world that M.C. Escher has created for himself does not allow for the conventions of reality. This picture has spheres that do not have ans apparant place in the picture, enforcing the portrayal of random thought. Even though the speres seem un connected, in the world of a surrealist circles represent infinity.

Perfume

Name: 'Perfume'
Date: 1921
Medium: Print