Maurits cornelis escher was born on 17 june 1898 in leeuwarden friesland the netherlands in a house that forms part of the princessehof ceramics museum today.
Mc escher room.
He was the youngest son of the civil engineer george arnold escher and his second wife sara gleichman.
Escher first printed in december 1953 the first version of this work was a woodcut made earlier that same year.
In 1903 the family moved to arnhem where he attended primary and secondary school until 1918.
It depicts a world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply.
Escher s illusions have been a staple of dorm room decor for decades.
The architectural structure seems to be the centre of an idyllic community with most of its inhabitants casually going about their ordinary business such.
Relativity is a lithograph print by the dutch artist m.
Escher himself in 1968 and its goal was to preserve the legacy of his work.
They ve inspired posters t shirts and films like jim henson s 1986 fantasy tale labyrinth.
Unfortunately a large part of the original collection was sold in 1981 to an american art dealer and is thus scattered all over the world.