Laurie's Art Gallery
M.C Escher is beside’s( Dali), is one of the most creative artis’ts of the( twentieth century)’. He is one of a group of artist’s that produced art in such a way that confused the mind and tricked the eyes. His (artwork )is based on series of lines and tricks of different shadows that made his artwork unique.
By using the power of suggestion, he is able to draw you into a world ruled by the impossible. He incorporates mathematics and makes this into their art.
If you ask me, almost anyone with a natural ability to paint, can learn to paint things around them, but to me what makes an excellent artist is one that can take a bizarre idea in their mind and put it on canvas. M.C Escher does this thru( geometry) and different mathematical problems.
This geometry is often distorted and put into unique patterns. Many of these pictures are rigid but some have a somewhat softer flow and draws you into a lucid gaze.
Escher’s background:
M.C Eschers full name is Maunts Cornellis Escher. His nickname was Mauk. He was born on June seventeenth of eighteen ninety eight in the city of( Leevwarden) the( Netherlands )and spoke Dutch. He would eventually would show talents in(drawing,)( printing) and( graphic art) witch evolved into patterns and adds symmetry witch made Eschers art that much more intresting.
Escher to me was a brilliant person both for the understanding in( math) and using it to incorporate into his artwork witch most artists can not do. He is one of the few artists that can be considered right brained and left brained at the same time.( Right brained )people are more creative and less logical more often talented in music, art or acting. A (left brained) person is more logical and is more likely good at( math)(, History )and( science.) M.C Escher was both.
Escher was born on June, seventeenth of eighteen ninty eight. He was the youngest son of (George Arnold )his father who was a civil engineer and his mother’s name was,( Sarah Gleichman.) As a child, Escher was in poor health and was forced to go to a special school were he flunked the second grade.
From nineteen hundred and three, he and his family moved to (Arnem )were he took carpentry and piano lessons witch probably helped him in the long run teaching him practical skills in wood work and music. Also, the practical uses in measurements helping with his later artwork.
From nineteen hundred and three, when he finished his (piano )and( carpentry lessons), until nineteen eighteen he attended a secondary school and although his grades didn’t reflect his artistic genius or his ability to create art that echoed the beautiful works that integrated math with art. His school ended for a little while due to a skin infection.
I nineteen nineteen, he went to the (Haarlnem school of architecture and decorative arts.) At school he studied under( Jessurunde de Mesquita) with witch he remained friends with for many years.
In nineteen twenty two, Escher left school with more knowledge about sketching and carpentry. Also in nineteen twenty two, Escher traveled thru many different cities in many different countries in( Italy) such as (, Florence,)( Toledo,)( san gimignano,)( Voleterra )and( Granada, )and many different cities in (Spain) such as(, Madrid,)( Toledo )and (Granada). These cities would have a strong influence on his art in the coming years.
A place Escher would come to love both for it’s beauty and it’s history was Alhambra, a fourteenth century Moorish castle in Granada with the stunning back drop of the Italian countryside. He visited Italy frequently over the next few years. While there he met and fell in love with (Jetta Umiker )witch he married in nineteen twenty four. After this, he took up residence in (Rome )until nineteen thirty five when the rule and dictatorship of (Mussolini )caused social unrest and political up heavel to force the young couple to move from Rome Italy to the totally different culture of Chateau-d cex, Switzerland were for two years, until they moved to Ukkel a town near( Brussels)( Belgium.) And even though Escher missed the beautifull countryside of Italy, he knew he could never go back to at least for a while.
In (nineteen forty one, that December seventh)( Japan) launched a brazen attach on (Pearl harbor )witch awoke the sleeping lion of the( United States )and ignited the embers of peace into a flaming declaration of full out war. This started the beginning of( world war two).
Escher and his wife soon moved to( Baarn)( The Netherlands )witch remained neutral for the entire time of the war. Escher remained in Baarn until nineteen seventys. Most of his best pictures would be created during this period maybe because of the cold and dreary climate.
Escher then moved to The Rosa Spierhouse in Laren witch had his own art studio in it.
Escher though an artist, was also considered a mathematician in research of his time. I wouldn’t know witch one I would consider him as a (mathematician )or an (artist) or both. And even though he used math in his art, I would consider him a very unique one.
In his paper, he studied color based on division and developed a way of categorizing combinations of shape, color and symmetrical properties By studying these areas, he explored an area that later mathematicians labeled (crystallography.)
Around nineteen fifty six Escher explored with the concept of two dimensional shaped and designs.
The art of mathematician HSM Coxeter from Canada inspired Escher to be and intrest in hyperbolic plane witch are regular tilings of the( hyperbolic plane). Escher had perfected mathematics with his etchings to almost the millimeter was said often about him.
In nineteen eighty five, Escher’s works brought him fame and was awarded The Kighthood of the Odero Fo tange Nassau in nineteen fifty five In nineteen eighty eight, he published a paper called The regular Division of the plane witch he described how many works and he designed artworks for dignitaries all over the world. He even had an asteroid named after him.
His love of( early Roman art) and the landscaped pictures led him to an interest in the division of the back ground using numbers and graphs. He also had the interest in the concept in the two dimensional and three dimensional planes. He was able to create hologram like eye confusing artwork. Some of his three dimensional objects included (cubes)(, pyramids) and (spears). Escher was not impressed by flat one dimensional abject, his only had two or three dimensions. Escher also studied the concepts in mathematics from British professor Rodger Penrose from this view he created( Water Fall )(,and Up and Down,) witch shows features of irregularity in distorted three dimensional shape.
In nineteen thirty seven, Hi began a series was called (Metamorphisis ). These works were a combination of Eschers( mathematical equations) woven into works of art. He was able to turn complexed shapes into two or more different patterns witch complete as a work of art.
After nineteen fifty three, Escher became a lecturer at many different organizations. He planned to lecture all over Europe but was not able to due to an illness. Escher printed out parts of lectures and artwork published as part of his book Escher on Escher.
In nineteen sixty nine, Escher’s business and advised to write a biography in (Dutch) on the artist.
Many of his works were shown at the Hague Museum. Upon Escher’s death, his three sons gained ownership of his works and in nineteen eighty eight ,they were sold to an American art dealer and the Hague Museum. The copy rights still remained in possession of the three sons who later sold them to Cordon Art a Dutch company.