M.C. Esher Blog

Bibliography Page 1 - Escher, M.C., Vogels, woodcut, image from writedesignonline.com Page 2 - Escher, M.C., Development 1, 1937, woodcu...

In his later works, Escher experimented with perspective in his artworks and added "impossible" waterfalls and staircases that see...

Once Escher developed his "layman's theory" for filling the plane with designs, he filled sketchbooks with drawings that combi...

Escher's art was inspired by tile work in the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain.  He first visited there in 1922.  In the summer of 1936...

Mauritis Cornelis Escher Born:             June 17,1898 in Leeuwarden, Holland Parents:         George and Sara Escher Personal:      ...

In the winter of 1937-1938, Escher started to assemble notebooks of his obsession with repeating geometric patterns.  He sought to develop a...

Through studying tile patterns of the Alhambra, a 14th century palace in Granada, Spain, Escher became fascinated with repeating patterns.  ...