{"id":30715,"date":"2026-07-25T13:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcescher.com\/july-1926-a-new-member-of-the-household\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T13:31:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:31:59","slug":"july-1926-a-new-member-of-the-household","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcescher.com\/nl\/july-1926-a-new-member-of-the-household\/","title":{"rendered":"Juli 1926 : Een nieuw gezinslid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:2%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 80% + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element awb-imageframe-style awb-imageframe-style-below awb-imageframe-style-1\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-custom11);--awb-caption-margin-top:10px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h6_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h6_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h6_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:13px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h6_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h6_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h6_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"865\" alt=\"Jetta with George, 1927.\" title=\"jetta-george_1927\" src=\"https:\/\/mcescher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jetta-george_1927.webp\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mcescher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jetta-george_1927.webp\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-30706\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27865%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20500%20865%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27865%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mcescher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jetta-george_1927-200x346.webp 200w, https:\/\/mcescher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jetta-george_1927-400x692.webp 400w, https:\/\/mcescher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jetta-george_1927.webp 500w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"awb-imageframe-caption-container\"><div class=\"awb-imageframe-caption\"><h6 class=\"awb-imageframe-caption-title\">jetta-george_1927<\/h6><p class=\"awb-imageframe-caption-text\">Jetta with George, 1927.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:40px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>Juli &#8217;26: Een nieuw gezinslid<\/h2>\n<p>De reden voor de aanstaande verhuizing naar een nieuw huis in dezelfde straat was de verwachte gezinsuitbreiding van de familie Escher&#8230; Jetta was zwanger.<\/p>\n<p>Op 23 juli 1926 verwelkomden Maurits en Jetta hun eerste kind, een zoon genaamd George Arnold.<\/p>\n<p>Escher schreef later aan zijn ouders:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hij is een schattig, lief en mooi kind, absoluut geen bastaard.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Over de doop schreef hij spottend aan zijn vriend Roosje Ingen Housz:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bij aankomst troffen wij Koning Victor Emanuel en Mussolini geduldig op de trap zitten wachten en het fascisten-muziekkorps van de Monte Verde speelde het Nederlandse volkslied. Verder waren er een stuk of wat kardinalen en koorknapen die wierook slingerden.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-end fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:80.8%;margin-left: calc(-1% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-1% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:20px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0.495%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0.495%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0.495%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0.495%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0.495%;--awb-spacing-left-small:0.495%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Published : July 2026. Last updated : <span class=\"awb-dd awb-dd-1\"><span class=\"awb-dd-params\">juli 25, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Sources : <a href=\"https:\/\/escherinhetpaleis.nl\/over-escher\/escher-vandaag\/huizen-in-rome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Escher in het Paleis<\/a>; M.C. Escher, Een biografie (Wim Hazeu).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:80.8%;margin-left: calc(-1% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-1% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0.495%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0.495%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0.495%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0.495%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0.495%;--awb-spacing-left-small:0.495%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-1 tribuna-oppo-may-1926\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-1\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<h3>Mostra di disegni e xilografie di M. C. Escher<\/h3>\n<p>Nei locali del Gruppo incisori romani in via degli Astalli, 3 (palazzetto Venezia) si \u00e8 aperta la mostra di disegni e xilografie dell&#8217;artista olandese M. C. Escher. \u00c8 un insieme abbastanza omogeneo di opere di quella maniera fantasiosa e arbitraria di cui son maestri gli illustratori nordici. Abilit\u00e0 di esecuzione, ricchezza di mezzi e, in fondo, riuscitissime realizzazioni. Ma son cose fuori del nostro gusto, che potr\u00e0 sembrare banale, ma \u00e8 tutto fatto per piaceri terreni: in altre parole quello che, per questi stranieri, significa raffinatezza ed idealismo, a noi sa quasi sempre di malato e di teorico. Ma non si deve per questo escludere da tal modo di esprimersi una possibilit\u00e0 artistica. Infatti nelle opere del giovane olandese spesso si avvertono piacevolezze e gustosit\u00e0 di trovate e di taglio; altre volte un decorativismo festoso e luminoso; infine sempre un giusto equilibrio di rapporti del bianco e nero, sovrana ragione di quest&#8217;arte tutta scritta e incisa. I soggetti trattati dall&#8217;artista sono in genere paesaggi italiani, visioni di Siena, di Assisi, di Roma e d&#8217;Amalfi. Una strana Italia vista con nostalgia coloniale e orientale. Cos\u00ec come a me parve strano un giorno ad Amsterdam un carro carico di enormi e giallissime banane che venivano chiss\u00e0 da quali lontane Indie e mettevano una improvvisa nota fosforescente nel grasso grigio della nebbiosa citt\u00e0. E pare impossibile: un particolare di cos\u00ec poca importanza mi mascher\u00f2 tutti gli olandesi con abiti di seta e di velluto ornati di pizzi e gale, e sulla testa i grandi cappelli piumati, in bocca la lunga bianca pipa, ai piedi stivali dai risonanti speroni, al fianco appesa a grandi nastri la durlindana; e le navi misero lanternoni e Madonne a prua, finestroni e remi ai fianchi, castelli dorati sul ponte e tante grandissime vele sugli alberi per andare nel paese delle banane e, strada facendo, essere assaliti dai pirati di tutti i colori. Quest&#8217;arrembaggio me lo sognai di notte in un albergo tutto di maiolica lustra. Ciascuno sogna come pu\u00f2.<\/p>\n<p>Source : Tribuna, Correira d&#8217;Italia; May 1926, C.E. 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