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M.C. Escher
Artist Project
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By = Theodore Golob
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Vital Statistics
• Name is Maurits Cornelis Escher • Male• Born 1898 (Leeuwarden, Netherlands - a Dutch providence)• Died in 1972 from a rare type of cancer• Third and youngest son of a civil engineer• Parents name George Arnold Escher and Sarah Gleichman Escher• Born into a house named “Princessehof”
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Personal Background• Failed high school exams
- failed almost all courses
- did not fail math
• 1916 - First Graphic work
• Rejected from military due to poor health
• 1922 - first profitable woodcut- St. Francis (Preaching to the Birds)
• 1919 - Escher attends school of Architecture and Decorative arts in Haarlem, Netherlands
• Dropped out of college, wanted to do graphic art
• For seven years learned about lithography and woodcutting
• Visited the Alhambra fourteen century Moorish castle in Granada and discovered the regular division of the Plane. This would stick with him until death - Spain 1922• After brother died in October 1925 in a mountaineering accident, made “Days of Creation”• Traveled throughout Italy,1922-1934. Influenced backgrounds in his drawings• 1936 - revisited Moorish castle, observed tiles, created metamorphosis• 1956 - 58 , started to works symbolizing themes such as infinity and tiling the plane, “Smaller and Smaller” -1956
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• Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, a graphic art teacher, encouraged him to pursue graphic art – one of the big reasons why Escher dropped out of college• M.C. Escher regarded Jessurun as a friend a mentor (Taught Escher)• Director of the Dutch Historical Institute in Rome, G.J. Hoogewerff suggested some new works in a magazine article, became published as a book– called Emblematain in 1932• Stopped lull of Escher• Frequently attended concerts that influenced him a lot•Tried to play piano, flute, and cello, played piano for longest• 1932, met Gert Stegeman who was a painter and a etcher with Bas Kist, a friend he met in religious school• Art teacher in 1907 taught him how to do linocuts
• One of artists which greatly contributed to mathematical art• Many short animation movies are done after him
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Key Historical Events• Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita killed during Holocaust, he was Jewish• Escher brought Samuel’s art work to the Stedelijk museum• Took drawing of an imprint of a German boot and kept it with his drawing supplies his whole life• Kept on doing art during WWII
The Stedelijk MuseumThe Stedelijk Museum
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1. Op art - also known as optical art, a style of visual art that makes use of optical illusions. Buildings contained optical illusions
2. Mathematical art – using techniques of math within art. Symmetry, Tessellation, infinity
3. Metamorphosis – process which one or more items in a drawing visually develop into other items.
4. Lithography - method for printing by using a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface
5. Pen and Ink – Escher used pen and ink for all of his paper work
6. Shading – using shades of colors to create three dimensional art.
7. Positive/Negative, using opposite colors interchangeably.
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Stylistic Traits: Example ArtStylistic Traits: Example Art
Ascending and Descending 1960
Op art
Mathematical
Shading
Pen and Ink
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Stylistic Traits: Example ArtStylistic Traits: Example Art
Day and Night, 1938
Lithography
Pen and Ink
Metamorphosis
Positive/Negative
Symetrical
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Stylistic Traits: Example ArtStylistic Traits: Example Art
House of Stairs, 1951
Shading
Pen and Ink
Op art
Mathematical
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Stylistic Traits: My Original ArtStylistic Traits: My Original Art
Metamorphosis
Tessellations
Pen and Ink
Positive and Negative
Life 01, 2010
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ConclusionConclusion
Observing the creative, genuine, and imaginative art of M.C. Escher was a privilege. Using the styles that he used such as tessellations and metamorphosis, I created a piece of art. I am glad that Escher did an act of kindness towards his Jewish friend, Jessurun de Mesquita following the Holocaust. This proved that Escher was a caring and loving man in addition to all his other characteristics. Overall, researching about Escher has enlightened me to how artistic one can be.