M.C. Escher Biography
Maurits Cornelis Escher, born in Leeuwarden, 17 June, 1898, received
his first instruction in drawing at the secondary school in Arnhem, by
F.W. van der Haagen, who helped him to develop his graphic aptitude by
teaching him the technique of the linoleum cut. From 1919 to 1922 he studied
at the School of Architecture and Ornamental Design in Haarlem, where
he was instructed in graphic techniques by S. Jesserun de Mesquita, whose
strong personality greatly influenced Escher's further development as
a graphic artist. In 1922 he went to Italy and settled in Rome in 1924.
During his ten-year stay in Italy he made many study tours, visiting Abruzzia,
the Amalfi coast, Calabria, Sicily, Corsica and Spain. In 1934 he left
Italy, spent two years in Switzerland and five years in Brussels before
settling in Baarn (Holland) in 9141, where he died on 27 March 1972, at
the age of 73 years.
M.C. Escher Image Collection
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