Who Is Mauritas Cornelis Escher?

Mauritas Cornelis Escher, also known as M. C. Escher, has been a well-known for his spectacular art of illusions. Born on June 17th, 1898 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, his father wished for him to try to learn to become a carpenter and try other crafting skills (World of Mathematics 1). When he was out of elementary, he did not graduate from secondary school. He went to multiple schools to find his interest and when he was in the School of Architecture Ornamental Design located in Haarlem, Netherlands, he was inspired by S. Jessurum de Mesquita (Duell, Sloan, and Pearce 95). Originally he was going in to become an architecture. He found his true calling into becoming a graphic artist (World of Mathematics 1).
One of his early works during this time was the woodcut stamp-print titled Eight Heads made in 1922 (Duell, Sloan, and Pearce 8). The color of this print is black and white. This work has multiple heads close together and it is up to the audience to find all eight of the different heads. There are four males and four females all fused into one …show more content…
The fine detail and accuracy on his work show how much time and effort he put into his work. His work was, and still is, outstanding to look upon. An example of his work is the Ascending and Descending. Created in 1960 on lithograph, this work has an architectural building with people continuously walking either up or down the stairs on the roof (Duell, Sloan, and Pearce 21). There is no end or beginning to the stairs, which creates this illusion that it’s never ending. Another example of his shows how much detail is put into his work. This next example is titled Eye. This print was made in 1946 on a mezzotint (Duell, Sloan, and Pearce 18). The title stands for the print, but within the eye is a human skull. This work is basically saying “The pupil reflects the one who watches us all”, which is the skull (Duell, Sloan and Pearce