Maurits’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Nonza, Corsica
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Cubic Space Division (Cube Space Filling)
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Plane Filling I
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Three Spheres II
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Drawing Hands
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Ascending and Decending
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Print Gallery
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Up and Down
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Waterfall
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Three Worlds
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Contrast (Order and Chaos)
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Genazzano, Abruzzi
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Belvedere
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

S. Cosimo Ravello
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Nonza, Corsica
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Self-Portrait
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

San Michele dei Frisoni, Rome (Tenth Century)
Maurits Cornelis Escher Dutch, 1898-1972

Head of an Old Woman (so-called portrait of Visscher's mother)
Cornelis Visscher Dutch, c. 1629-1658

A Young Man Caressing the Young Hostess
Cornelis Pietersz Bega Dutch, 1631/32-1664

Self-Portrait
Cornelis Visscher Dutch, c. 1629-1658