My Favorite Artists and Their Art: M.C. Escher

M.C. Escher is one of those artists who is impossible to categorize. His works don't possess the typically inherent emotions of most art movements. His art is far more procedural, intellectual, and precise in its purpose. Many of his works are woodcuts done entirely in black and white, yet his works are as complex and unforgettable as those of artists who pour the full spectrum of colors onto their canvases with paint. What Escher does is present viewers with works of art that are at once restrained in their expression of emotions, but at the same time are provocative and mentally stimulating. One could half-jokingly say that looking at an M.C. Escher print is like doing mathematical gymnastics with your eyes and brain.

The Eye (1946)

Drawing Hands (1948)

Relativity (1953)

Hand with Reflecting Sphere (1935)

Snakes (1969)

Waterfall (1961)

Paradise (1921)

The Castle in the Air (1928)

The Fall of Man (1927)

Bond of Union (1956)