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M.C. Escher Bio

Maurits Cornelius Escher, called "Mauk" by his parents, was born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands on June 17, 1898. His father, George Escher, was a civil engineer; his mother, Sarah, the daughter of a government minister. Though family hopes had been that he would enter a career in architecture, he showed little promise during his formal schooling except in the areas of art and design.

He would write later, "At high school in Arnhem, I was extremely poor at arithmetic and algebra because I had, and still have, great difficulty with the abstractions of numbers and letters. When, later, in stereometry [solid geometry], an appeal was made to my imagination, it went a bit better, but in school I never excelled in that subject. But our path through life can take strange turns."¹

"For me it remains an open question whether it [his work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art."

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Recommended books on Escher: M.C. Escher: His Life and Complete Graphic Work (With a Fully Illustrated Catalogue) by F. H. Bool, J. R. Kist, J. L. Locher, and F. Wierda; M. C. Escher by M. C. Escher and Maurits Cornelis Escher; The Magic Mirror of M.C. Escher [25th Anniversary Edition] by M.C. Escher and Bruno Ernst; M.C. Escher : 29 Master prints by Maurits Cornelis Escher; The Magic of M.C. Escher by J L Locher; M.C. Escher, Book of Boxes: 100 Years 1898-1998 (Taschen Specials) by M. C. Escher; M. C. Escher Kaleidocycles: An Illustrated Book and 17 Fun-to-Assemble Three-Dimensional Models by Maurits Cornelis Escher, Doris Schattschneider, and Wallace Walker; M. C. Escher: Address Book by M. C. Escher, Maurits Cornelis Escher, and George Escher.

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