M.C. Escher
Maurits Cornelis Escher
Self-Portrait - M.C. Escher
Born:
17 June 1898; Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Died:
27 March 1972; Laren, Netherlands
Field:
printmaking, drawing
Nationality:
Dutch
Art Movement:
Surrealism, Op Art

Ascending & Descending, 1960
Artworks by Style
Hell, copy after Hiernonymus Bosch, 1935
Railway Bridge, Oosterbeek, 1917
Portrait of a Bearded Man, 1919
Female Nude in Chair, 1920
Seated Female Nude I, 1920
Seated Female Nude III, 1920
Bookplate Bastiaan Kist, 1916
Blocks of Basalt along the Sea, 1919
Female Nude in a Landscape, 1920
St. Francis preaching to the Birds, 1922
Flor de Pascua - Fulfillment, 1921
Flor de Pascua - Beautiful, 1921
Plane-Filling Motif with Human Motifs, 1921
Plane Filling Motif with Human Figures, 1921
Mural Mosaic in The Alhambra, 1922
Artworks by Series
Circle Limit with Butterflies, 1950
Emblemata - Balance, 1931
Emblemata - Beehive, 1931
Emblemata - Butterfly, 1931
Emblemata - Candle Flame, 1931
Emblemata - Retreat, 1931
Flor de Pascua - Beautiful, 1921
Flor de Pascua - Convention, 1921
Flor de Pascua - Fulfillment, 1921
Flor de Pascua - La Pensee, 1921
Flor de Pascua - The Scapegoat, 1921
Flor de Pascua - The Weathercock, 1921
Flor de Pascua - Theosophy, 1921
Flor de Pascua - Untitled, 1921
Flor de Pascua - Whore's Superstition, 1921
Scholastica (Bad Dream), 1931
Scholastica (cover), 1931
Nocturnal Rome, Basilica of Constantine, 1934
Nocturnal Rome, Castel Sant' Angelo, 1934
Nocturnal Rome, Colonade of St. Peter's, 1934
Nocturnal Rome, Colosseum, 1934
Nocturnal Rome, Santa Maria del Popolo, 1934
Artworks by Genre
St. Francis preaching to the Birds, 1922
The 2nd Day of the Creation, 1925
Saint Vincent Martyr, 1925
The 3rd Day of the Creation, 1926
The 5th Day of the Creation, 1926
The 6th Day of the Creation, 1926
Inside St. Peter's, Rome, 1935
Flor de Pascua - Beautiful, 1921
Flor de Pascua - Fulfillment, 1921
Flor de Pascua - Convention, 1921
Flor de Pascua - The Scapegoat, 1921
Flor de Pascua - La Pensee, 1921
Flor de Pascua - Whore's Superstition, 1921
Flor de Pascua - Untitled, 1921
Flor de Pascua - Theosophy, 1921
Flor de Pascua - The Weathercock, 1921
Flor de Pascua - Madonna, 1921
Hell, copy after Hiernonymus Bosch, 1935
Contrast (Order and Chaos), 1950
Bookplate Bastiaan Kist, 1916
Bookplate A.R.A. Wertheim, 1954
In Mesquitas Classroom, 1920
Flor de Pascua - Never think before you act, 1921
Procession in Crypt, 1927
Seated Man with Cat on His Lap, 1919
Portrait of a Bearded Man, 1919
Father with Magnifying Glass, 1920
Self Portrait in a Chair, 1920
Spherical Self Portrait, 1950
Seated Female Nude III, 1920
Seated Female Nude I, 1920
Female Nude in a Landscape, 1920
Female Nude in Chair, 1920
Rome and the Griffin of Borgheses, 1927
Farmhouse, Ravello colour, 1931
Covered Alley in Atrani, 1931
The Drowned Cathedral, 1929
Ascending & Descending, 1960
Railway Bridge, Oosterbeek, 1917
Blocks of Basalt along the Sea, 1919
The Sea at the Mouth of the Ebro, 1922
Vitorchiano nel Cimino, 1925
The 4th Day of the Creation, 1926
The 1st Day of the Creation, 1925
Lion of The Fountain in The Piazza al Ravello, 1932
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, 1961
Mumified Priests in Gangi, 1932
Still Life with Spherical Mirror, 1934
Still Life and Street, 1937
Bookplate, Dr. P.H.M. Travaglino, 1940
Design for Wrapping-paper: Jemoli, 1933
Design for Wrapping-paper: Jemoli, 1933
Design for Wrapping-paper: Zingone, 1933
Design for Wrapping-paper: De Bijenkorf, 1933
Logo for Chinese-Indonesian restaurant "Insulinde", 1944
Prelim Drawing Ceiling Decoration for Philips_, 1951
The four elements - Water, 1952
The four elements - Fire, 1952
The four elements - Air, 1952
The four elements - Earth, 1952
Temporary Academy Diploma, 1945
New Year's Greeting Card, 1946
Double Planetoid Colour, 1949
Concentric Rinds Colour, 1953
Cubic space division, 1953
Tetrahedral Planetoid, 1954
Cube with Magic Ribbons, 1957
Bookplate B.G. Escher [Beer], 1922
Plane Filling Motif with Human Figures, 1921
Plane-Filling Motif with Human Motifs, 1921
Mural Mosaic in The Alhambra, 1922
Design for the Gerzon store in Amsterdam, 1933
Polyhedron with Flowers, 1958
Artworks by Technique
7 Black and 6 White Fishes, 1954
Female Nude in Chair, 1920
Order and Chaos II (Compass Card), 1955
Design for Wrapping-paper: De Bijenkorf, 1933
Design for Wrapping-paper: Zingone, 1933
Design for Wrapping-paper: Jemoli, 1933
Logo for Chinese-Indonesian restaurant "Insulinde", 1944
The four elements - Earth, 1952
The four elements - Air, 1952
The four elements - Fire, 1952
The four elements - Water, 1952
Church at Corte, Corsica, 1933

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