Artist Review: M C Escher

M C Escher

Maurits Cornelis Escher (June 17, 1898 – March 27, 1972), usually referred to as M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints ( print making process ) which feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations.

He was an artist, but not your typical one. He wasn't a Monet, working with watercolors and painting flowers. Neither was he a Michelangelo, studying the human anatomy and sculpting exquisite examples of a human being. Though he was originally trained as an architect, M.C. Escher was no Frank Lloyd Wright; he never designed magnificent houses and buildings. Though much of his work was based on the periodic designs of ancient Moorish mosaics, Escher broke the most fundamental of their rules–the representation of living objects in art.

Escher was a individual artist. He incorporated the fantasy of Monet, the logic and precision of Michaelangelo, the perspective and three-dimensional vision of Wright, and the patterns of the Moors, into his own woodcuts, lithographs, and drawings. He created impossible worlds and outlandish creatures. His inspiration, the Moors of Alhambra, Spain, lead him to create wonderful tesselations of people, animals, and geometric shapes.

Some of his Famous art Works :

Relativity



( Hint: Try finding the landings for the stairs )

People were so fascinated by it that LEGO company started a project of doing a rendition of this artwork , not in paper not on canvas but in Lego. Daniel Shiu and Andrew Lipson embarked on this project and after 4 days of hard work, this was the finished piece.



Cute huh?

Links: http://www.andrewlipson.com/escher/relativity.html

Not only does he do lithographs, he also has artworks of tessellation, like the one below, Air and Water I.



Rind



Drawing Hands



Take a look at this artwork where M C Escher incorporates both 2 dimensional and 3 dimensionals together. It's simply amazing how he does that.

After looking at all this artworks, I believe your already starting to get dizzy. Hahas

To me, M C Escher is a master of tessallation and very proficient in his view of dimensions. Its simply remarkable how he can play tricks on the eye through his artworks. Talk about illusionist. And my favourite artwork of his would be "Relativity".