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M. C. Escher

1898 - 1972

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Maurits Cornelis Escher (; Dutch: [ˈmʌurɪts kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈɛɕər]; 17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were inspired by mathematics. Despite wide popular interest, for most of his life Escher was neglected in the art world, even in his native Netherlands. He was 70 before a retrospective exhibition was held. In the late twentieth century, he became more widely appreciated, and in the twenty-first century he has been celebrated in exhibitions around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. M. C. Escher is the 5th most popular artist, the 25th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Artist.

M. C. Escher is most famous for his drawings of impossible structures, such as animals that are turned inside out or staircases that go up and down at the same time.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, M. C. Escher ranks 5 out of 125. Before him are Hokusai, Andy Warhol, Marina Abramović, and Marcel Duchamp. After him are Yoko Ono, Jusepe de Ribera, Hans Holbein the Younger, Jean Arp, Victor Vasarely, Hiroshige, and Joseph Beuys.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, M. C. Escher ranks 14. Before him are René Magritte, Stefania Turkewich, Umm Kulthum, Zhou Enlai, Leo Szilard, and William James Sidis. After him are Albert Lutuli, George Gershwin, C. S. Lewis, Herbert Marcuse, Liu Shaoqi, and Karl Ziegler. Among people deceased in 1972, M. C. Escher ranks 8. Before him are Harry S. Truman, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Ip Man, Frederick IX of Denmark, Ezra Pound, and Yasunari Kawabata. After him are Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Neilia Hunter Biden, Kwame Nkrumah, Paul-Henri Spaak, Igor Sikorsky, and Franz Halder.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, M. C. Escher ranks 25 out of 1,646. Before him are Hugo Grotius (1583), Pieter Zeeman (1865), Abel Tasman (1603), Sophia of Hanover (1630), Willem Barentsz (1550), and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853). After him are Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967), Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837), Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), and André Rieu (1949).

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Among ARTISTS In Netherlands

Among artists born in Netherlands, M. C. Escher ranks 1. After him are Theo van Doesburg (1883), Theo Jansen (1948), Bas Jan Ader (1942), and Joseph Smit (1836).

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