M.C. Escher in the Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy.

M.C. Escher in the Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy

From 23 March to 21 July 2024 the exhibition rooms of the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara will welcome for the first time the works of Escher, a brilliant and visionary artist, always loved by mathematicians and rediscovered by the general public in relatively recent times.

Born in 1898 in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands, Maurits Cornelis Escher has won the appreciation of millions of visitors thanks to his extraordinary ability to transport them into imaginative and seemingly impossible worlds. In the creations of the great Dutch master, who lived in Italy between the two wars, countless themes and suggestions converge: from geometric theorems to mathematical intuitions, from philosophical reflections to the paradoxes of logic.

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Biography

Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) is one of the world’s most famous graphic artists. His art is enjoyed by millions of people all over the world, as can be seen on the many web sites on the internet. He is most famous for his so-called impossible constructions, such as Ascending and Descending, Relativity, his Transformation Prints, such as Metamorphosis I, Metamorphosis II and Metamorphosis III, Sky & Water I or Reptiles. But he also made some wonderful, more realistic work during the time he lived and traveled in Italy.