M.C. Escher/Tesselations

The Dutch artist Maurits C. Escher was a draftsman, book illustrator, tapestry designer, and muralist, but his primary work was as a printmaker. Born in Leeuwarden, Holland on June 17,1898, the son of a civil engineer, Escher spent most of his childhood in Arnhem. Aspiring to be an architect, Escher enrolled in the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem. While studying there from 1919 to 1922, his study shifted from architecture to drawing and printmaking upon the encouragement of his teacher. In 1924 Escher married Jetta Umiker, and the couple settled in Rome to raise a family. They lived in Italy until 1935, when political turmoil forced them to move to Switzerland and then Belgium. In 1941 German troops occupied Brussels and Escher returned to Baarn, Holland where he lived and worked until his death on March 27, 1972, at the age of 73 years.

The main subjects of Escher's early art are Rome and the Italian countryside. While living in Italy from 1922 to 1935, he spent spring and summer months traveling and making drawings. Later, Escher developed the drawings into prints.

After Escher left Italy in 1935, his interest shifted from landscape to something he described

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