MC Escher
Date Submitted: 09/07/2001 04:32:37
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 6 pages (1719 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 6 pages (1719 words)
Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher
Maurits Cornelis Escher, world famous left-handed graphic artists. MC Escher and his unforgettable prints of impossible structures, such as Ascending and Descending, Relativity, and his Transformation Prints, such as Metamorphosis I, II and III are a few of the works that has earned Escher worldwide aclaim and the right to be known as the master of graphic art illusions.
Escher was born on June 17, 1898, in the Dutch province of Friesland. …
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…boyhood companion Bas Kist. A comprehensive book about his life and work was published in Dutch at this time, and other books were in preparation. Escher lived long enough to see the first book, The World of M.C. Escher, translated into English and become very successful.
During the month of March, 1972, Escher's condition deteriorated. His family gathered around him, taking turns sitting by his hospital bed. On March 27, 1972, he died, at the age of 73.
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