Becoming Escher - by Joris Escher (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Becoming Escher is a literary journey of discovery to the origins of the fascinations of M.C. Escher. Through the eyes of M.C. Escher, the reader experiences the artist's metamorphosis; his development from a young man into a craftsman, into an artist, and finally into the Escher we all know"--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

How did M.C. Escher become the artist we know about? Here's a revealing biography written by his nephew.

M.C. Escher's nephew Joris Escher relates the artist's life in four successive parts: his youth (Becoming Mauk), his art education as a young adult (Becoming a Graphic Artist), his happiest years in Italy (Becoming an Artist) and finally, already in his late thirties, the transformation that leads to his spatial experiments (Becoming Escher).

Review Quotes

Becoming Escher proves it: only the endlessly multi-layered language of the imagination is capable of catching the man and artist in Mauk. An ingenious and far-reaching book.

About the Author

Joris Escher was born in Amsterdam as the youngest child of a publisher and an English teacher. He grew up living with his parents and two sisters in the town of Laren, some 20 miles from Amsterdam, where his great-uncle M.C. Escher spent the last years of his life.