M. C. Escher

Maurits Cornelis Escher - a Dutch graphic artist known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. These feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations.

Some quotes by M.C. Escher

" I believe that producing pictures, as I do, is almost solely a question of wanting so very much to do it well"

" I could fill an entire second life with working on my prints"

" At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important"

" The things I want to express are so beautiful and pure"

Some Works by M.C. Escher

 Still Life and Street - a woodcut printed in March, 1937. It was his first print of an impossible reality.

 Drawing Hands - a lithograph printed in January 1948.

 Sky and Water I - a woodcut print printed in June 1938.

Ascending and Descending - a lithograph printed in
March 1960.

Gravitation or Gravity completed in June, 1952. It was first printed as a black-and-white lithograph and then coloured by hand in watercolour.

Regular Division of the Plane - series of drawings which began in 1936. These images are based on the principle of tessellation, irregular shapes or combinations of shapes that interlock completely to cover a surface or plane. The inspiration for these works began in 1936 with a visit to the Alhambra, a 14th century Moorish castle near Granada, Spain.

Relativity - a lithograph first printed in December 1953. It depicts a world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply.

Waterfall - a lithography first printed in October, 1961. It shows an apparent paradox where water from the base of a waterfall appears to run uphill before reaching the top of the waterfall.