M.C. Escher
I have loved Escher’s work from the first moment I saw it as a young man. I am sure that sentiment is pretty universal and that everyone on Earth is familiar with his work. If not, his official site is linked below.
I found it interesting that the entire Wiki article (linked below) on Escher failed to mention the term “Surrealist”. Conversely, the term “Surrealism” fails to mention Escher as well. Yet he is very well known as one of the great Surrealist artists from the post-Dada era. Other sites on the Web seem to verify this idea, but perhaps there is some debate or technicality that I am not aware of. Any proper Art Historians out there feel free to educate me on this one? To my eyes his later work would appear to be firmly and undeniably rooted in the Surrealist camp.
In any case, Escher’s was a true genius who’s work everyone should contemplate. Go see visit the official site.
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