DAC Collection Artist Information
M. C. Escher (aka Maurits Cornelis Escher)
Dutch printmaker, graphic artist, and illustrator
Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
Dutch printmaker best known for his fantastic visions of the natural world structured into impossible visual puzzles and perspective games. In his works, the division of the picture plane is concerned with metamorphosis and images multiplied to infinity. These images are typically rendered in black and white, in a severe, stylized manner.
Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500007222.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.
Objects related to M. C. Escher (aka Maurits Cornelis Escher):
| M. C. Escher | Day and Night, 1938 | Woodcut printed from two blocks |
| M. C. Escher | Convex and Concave, 1955 | Lithograph |
| M. C. Escher | Another World, 1947 | Wood engraving printed from three blocks |
| M. C. Escher | Three Spheres I, 1945 | Wood engraving |
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