M.C. Escher keeping his records, 1963.
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M.C. Escher keeping his records, 1963.
Maurits Cornelis Escher is born on 17 June in Leenwarden, in the Dutch province of Friesland.
The family moves to Arnhem.
Escher attends secondary school in Arnhem.
First graphic work.
The family moves to Oosterbeek.
Escher attends the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem. He receives lessons from S. Jessurun de Mesquita.
March–May: holiday trip along the French Riviera and through Italy. In November, the booklet Flor de Pascua, with woodcuts by Escher, is published.
April–June: journey through northern Italy. In September, Escher travels by freighter to Tarragona; trip through Spain and first visit to the Alhambra; on to Italy, where he stays in Siena from mid-November onwards..
From March to June, Escher stays in Ravello, where he meets Jetta Umiker. Back in Siena by the end of June. August 13–26 sees his first one-man exhibition in Siena. Moves to Rome in November.
In February, first exhibition in Holland. Escher and Jetta are married on 12 June.
Escher and Jetta live in their own house in Rome from October onwards..
2–16 May, exhibition in Rome. Son George is born on 23 July.
Yearly spring trips through inhospitable areas of Italy.
Son Arthur is born 8 December.
In the summer, the book XXIV Emblemata, with woodcuts by Escher, is published.
In the autumn, De vreeselijke avonturen van Scholastica is published, also with woodcuts by Escher.
Escher's lithograph Nonza is awarded a third prize at an exhibition in Chicago, Illinois. 12–22 December: exhibition at the Dutch Historical Institute in Rome.
In July, the Escher family moves to Switzerland.
April–June: sea trip along the coasts of Italy and France to Spain, where Escher visits the Alhambra for the second time, as well as the mosque in Cordoba. Turning-point in Escher's work – from landscapes to 'mental imagery.'
In August, the Eschers move to Brussels.
Son Jan is born on 6 March.
Escher's father dies on 14 June.
10 May: German invasion of the Low COuntries. Escher's mother dies on 27 May.
In February, the Eschers move to Baarn in Holland.
Artcles on Escher are published in The Studio and Life magazines..
Each year, Escher makes a sea voyage to and/or from Italy.
In September, large one-man exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam on the occasion of the International Mathematical Conference. In October and November, exhibition in the Whyte Gallery, Washington, D.C..
In February, the Eschers move to a new house in Baarn. On 30 April, Escher is knighted.
Early in the year, Escher's book Regelmatige vlakverdeling (The Regular Division of the Plane) is published..
In November, Grafiek en tekeningen M.C. Escher (The Graphic Work of M.C. Escher, 1961) is published.
In August, exhibition and lecture in Cambridge during an international conference of crystallographers. August–October: sea voyage to Canada. Lecture at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., end of October.
Article on Escher by E.H. Gombrich in The Saturday Evening Post of 29 July..
In April, Escher is admitted to hospital for an emergency operation; he takes a long time to recover.
On 1 October, Escher and Jetta fly to Canafa, where he falls ill again and had to undergo another operation in Toronto.
In March, Escher is awarded the cultural prize of the city of Hilversum. In August, Symmetry Aspects of M.C. Escher's Periodic Drawings by Caroline H. MacGillavry is published. An article on Escher appears in the October issue of Jardin des Arts.
Scientific American publishes a long article on Escher in its April issue.
Second decoration.
Exhibition in Washington D.C. (Michelson Gallery) and The Hague (Gemeentemuseum). In July, Escher makes his last graphic work, a woodcut. At the end of the year, Jetta leaves for Switzerland. Escher lives on his own with a housekeeper.
In the spring, Escher is re-admitted to hospital for another major operation. In August, he moves to the Rosa Spier House in Laren.
In December, De werelden van M.C. Escher (The World of M.C. Escher, 1972) is published.
Escher dies on 27 March in the hospital in Hilversum.
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