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M. C. Escher

1898-1972

[image of Self-Portrait]

Self-Portrait, 1929


 

" Whoever wants to portray something that does not exist has to obey certain rules. Those rules are more or less the same as for the teller of fairy tales: he has to apply the function of contrasts; he has to cause a shock.  ... such a game can be played and understood only by those who are prepared to penetrate the surface, those who agree to use their brains, just as in solving a riddle. It is thus not a matter for the senses, but rather a cerebral matter." 
                                        M. C. Escher

Waterfall

 

Eight Heads

Balcony

Ascending & Descending

Belvedere

Circle Limit III

Horseman

Still Life & Street

Contrast

 

Three Worlds

Cycle

 Reflective Sphere

Sun & Moon

Wild West

Day & Night

Print Gallery

Relativity

Reptiles

Convex & Concave

Birds to Fish

Drawing Hands

3 Spheres

Still Life with Sphere

Circle Limit IV