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What year did MC Escher die?

MC Escher died on March 27, 1972 at the age of 73Escher lived 1898-27 March 197227th March 1972Escher died in 1971


Who or what influenced MC Escher artworks?

M.C. Escher took a trip to Spain and was greatly influenced by the Alhambra Mosque there, with its many tesselations


Was scream painted by mc escher?

No, scream was not painted by MC Escher. It was painted by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. Munch worked on various versions of the painting over about a 20 year period, so several versions exist.


What material and process does MC Escher use to create work?

M.C. Escher primarily worked with lithography, woodcut, and mezzotint techniques to produce his intricate prints. He often used high-quality paper and ink to achieve the sharp details and vivid contrasts in his artwork. His process involved meticulous planning and mathematical principles to create the visually complex patterns and tessellations for which he is renowned. Escher's unique blend of art and mathematics allows for a seamless interplay of perspective and illusion in his works.


How did MC Escher become famous?

By making thought-provoking art.Escher created pictures where you don't know where you are as a spectator. He used in a way the same ideas as cubism, mixing the perspectives, the directions from which you look. In another way Escher is continuing the ideas of Piranesi who circa 18oo - Italy, Rome -made also architectural constructions of inns or big inside buildings in which the stairs had different directions and floors, so you could go in different perspectives. It is playing around with space!Escher was very much educated in mathematics and used this background for his art. He had a lot of connections with mathematicians in his time.