#M. C. ESCHER TESSELLATION SKY AND WATER FREE#
However, Escher was not free from the stress and trauma associated with these events, especially during World War II. Escher was not a direct target of the Nazis, and his parents’ wealth helped to keep him relatively safe during that turbulent time. Compared with many people of the same generation, Escher may be considered a lucky and privileged person. It is also worth noting that the artist lived through two World Wars, and one deadly pandemic in 1918. Before eventually settling down in the Netherlands, Escher also took time for extensive travel in the search of artistic inspiration. Afterward, the family spent several years in Switzerland and Belgium, and moved back to the Netherlands in 1941. He lived in Rome from 1923 to 1935, when he and his family were forced to relocate due to the illness of Escher’s two children and the rising Fascism in Italy. During the training under de Mesquita, Escher quickly discovered his love for printmaking.Įscher also moved multiple times in his life. While in school, Escher studied architecture until one of his teachers, Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (1868-1944), a Dutch graphic artist, discovered Escher's talent in art, and encouraged him to switch to graphic art. Despite these difficulties, he made many friends, built a family, and found his career path as an artist. The introverted artist was also constantly troubled by social anxiety. Beginning in childhood, he suffered from various diseases and underperformed at school, partially due to the illness. Whether conscious or unconscious, Escher’s experiences, emotions, and worldview are reflected in the artworks he made throughout his life.Įscher was born in 1898 in the Netherlands. However, no matter what caused Escher’s constant denial of hidden meanings in his work, his artworks stand on their own and speak for themselves. In public, he always insisted that his prints carried no hidden meanings and were merely illustrations of interesting mathematician concepts. He never regarded himself as an artist, simply referring to himself as a designer. Even now, although he was a highly skilled and productive printmaker, Escher’s work frequently gets frowned upon as being too much like illustration.Įscher’s own interpretation of his role and his work may be one of the main reasons that the artist is not treated seriously by the art world. However, despite being very influential to popular culture, Escher’s work stayed somewhat neglected in the art world for a long period of time. In Kentarou Miura’s influential manga, Berserk, the scene of “Abyss” shares great similarity to Escher’s stairs prints.) The visual art style of the indie puzzle game, Monument Valley, by Ustwo Games is heavily influenced by Escher’s impossible architecture prints. (For example, the staircases in both Jim Henson’s musical fantasy film, Labyrinth, and Shawn Levy’s comedy adventure film, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, were inspired by Escher’s Relativity. Numerous popular films, games, and comics have borrowed inspiration from his artwork as well. His work has been reprinted, recolored, redesigned, and used as tattoos and album covers (often with little regard to the copyright). The Dutch graphic artist and printmaker Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) is world-famous for his prints of tessellations and impossible objects. Escher’s Artwork The Hidden Emotions in M.C. Home > Essays > The Hidden Emotions in M.C.
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