Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) was a graphic artist from the Netherlands. He is famous for his geometric designs, images of structures that could never be built, and depictions of infinity.
Features
Some of M.C. Escher's most famous images include "Drawing Hands," where a hand draws a hand, "Relativity" with its bizarre perspective and never-ending staircases, and "Sky and Water I," where tiled fish merge into birds and vice-versa in a style called tessellation.
Mathematics
Escher's experiments with mathematics and art were encapsulated in the "Metamorphosis" series of images where tessellated images endlessly slid into one another, changing a little each time.
Output
According to the M.C. Escher Company, Escher created 448 woodcuts, lithographs and carvings, and well over a thousand sketches. His less famous work includes landscapes and portraits, and he was also a book illustrator.
Considerations
Copyrights to M.C. Escher's work are owned by the M.C. Escher Company B.V. In the Netherlands. Though the preponderance of images online would suggest otherwise, Escher's art is not in the public domain.
Fun Fact
M.C. Escher was married to Jetta Umiker, and they had three sons. They traveled extensively as a couple, and images of terraced Spain and Italy appear as themes in some of his work, for example "Waterfall."
