M. C. Escher

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graphic artist human printmaker

M. C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist renowned for his mathematically inspired woodcuts and lithographs featuring impossible constructions, tessellations, and explorations of infinity.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
M. C. Escher canonical 5
Cornelis Escher 1
Escher 1

Statements (82)

Predicate Object
instanceOf graphic artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1898-06-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1972-03-27 ⓘ
educatedAt School for Architecture and Decorative Arts, Haarlem ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dutch ⓘ
familyName M. C. Escher self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Escher
fieldOfWork graphic art ⓘ
impossible objects ⓘ
mathematical illustration ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
tessellation ⓘ
visual paradox ⓘ
fullName M. C. Escher self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maurits Cornelis Escher
genre etching ⓘ
lithograph ⓘ
mezzotint ⓘ
woodcut ⓘ
givenName Maurits ⓘ
hasChild Arthur Escher ⓘ
George Escher ⓘ
Jan Escher ⓘ
hasSignatureStyle infinite regress ⓘ
interlocking figures ⓘ
recursive imagery ⓘ
self-referential scenes ⓘ
visual paradoxes ⓘ
influenced architects ⓘ
artists ⓘ
graphic designers ⓘ
mathematicians ⓘ
popular culture ⓘ
influencedBy Alhambra tilings ⓘ
Islamic art ⓘ
languagesSpoken Dutch ⓘ
movement Op art ⓘ
mathematical art ⓘ
notableWork Another World ⓘ
Ascending and Descending ⓘ
Belvedere ⓘ
Bond of Union ⓘ
Circle Limit I ⓘ
Circle Limit I ⓘ
surface form: Circle Limit II

Circle Limit III ⓘ
Circle Limit IV ⓘ
Convex and Concave ⓘ
Day and Night ⓘ
Drawing Hands ⓘ
Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror ⓘ
surface form: Hand with Reflecting Sphere

House of Stairs ⓘ
Metamorphosis I ⓘ
Metamorphosis I ⓘ
surface form: Metamorphosis II

Metamorphosis III ⓘ
Print Gallery ⓘ
Regular Division of the Plane ⓘ
Relativity ⓘ
Reptiles ⓘ
Sky and Water I ⓘ
Smaller and Smaller ⓘ
Three Worlds ⓘ
Waterfall ⓘ
placeOfBirth Friesland ⓘ
Leeuwarden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
placeOfDeath Laren ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
North Holland ⓘ
residence Arnhem ⓘ
Baarn ⓘ
Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Rome ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Jetta Umiker ⓘ
studiedUnder Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita ⓘ
workFocus explorations of infinity ⓘ
impossible constructions ⓘ
perspective ⓘ
symmetry ⓘ
tessellations ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Douglas Hofstadter → influencedBy → M. C. Escher ⓘ
Gödel, Escher, Bach → subject → M. C. Escher ⓘ
H. S. M. Coxeter → influenced → M. C. Escher ⓘ
Cornelis → hasNotableBearer → M. C. Escher ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cornelis Escher
Leeuwarden → isBirthplaceOf → M. C. Escher ⓘ
this entity surface form: Escher (M. C. Escher)
Hofstadter → influencedBy → M. C. Escher ⓘ
subject surface form: Douglas Hofstadter
M. C. Escher → fullName → M. C. Escher self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maurits Cornelis Escher
M. C. Escher → familyName → M. C. Escher self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Escher
Penrose triangle → inspired → M. C. Escher ⓘ
this entity surface form: artworks by M. C. Escher
An Eternal Golden Braid → refersTo → M. C. Escher ⓘ