Born in the Netherlands in 1898, Maurits Cornelis Escher was originally enrolled in the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem with the intention of becoming an architect. ''I came ...

The late Dutch artist M.C. Escher is perhaps best known for his tessellations that fool the eye, like “Sky and Water I,” where birds in the air trade off negative space with fish underwater. But there ...

Maurits Cornelis Escher saw the world differently. The Dutch artist created a few dozen images that, because of his peculiar perspective, have endured. But many of those images — two hands drawing ...

When we spoke with Nasher Museum of Art director Sarah Schroth for the museum’s 10th anniversary, she noted that, while she loves contemporary art, it doesn’t speak to everyone. That’s one reason she ...

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Maurits Cornelis Escher, magician and geek, has had his impossible, twisty-turny worlds reincarnated on “The Simpsons” and by LEGO masterminds. His tessellating patterns of morphing ...

M.C. Escher is well known for his surreal, reality-warping engravings -- two hands drawing each other, infinite staircases, fish changing into birds and back again. Never an art-world celebrity, he ...

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When Mick Jagger wrote a letter to Maurits Cornelis Escher asking to use his artwork on a Rolling Stones LP, the rock star’s request was answered with a brusque lesson in etiquette. “Please tell Mr.