(Friesland, 1898- Laren, 1972)
Dutch-born printmaker, particularly famous for his Surrealist interlocking images, which are now some of the most popular images for contemporary posters.
Educated at the School of Ornamental Design in Haarlem, Escher was an accomplished artist in woodcut, lithography and engraving. He became world renowned after he began depicting complex, and even mathematically brilliant, images of animals, buildings and other patterns, in his artworks.