A Visit to the Escher Museum (Escher in the Palace)July 28, 2009 |
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| We had been looking forward to visiting this museum from our previous visit to The Hague in April 2007. We only discovered it on the last night of our visit, so there wasn't any time. We were delighted to find that we were allowed to photograph his beautiful, creative and curious works. | ||
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This museum did an excellent job of educating us on Maurits Cornelis Escher's life (1898-1972), seeing the progression of his art from excellent detailed self portraits, landscapes and scenes made from woodcuts, wood-engravings and lithographs. He is well noted for his later creative use of space and optical illusions. |
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A photo of M. C. Escher and his wife, and a self-portrait wood-engraving. |
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His detail was incredible, and at times haunting. |
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| The three-story museum itself was beautiful, owned by the Royal Family for almost one hundred years. Each room had unique chandeliers, with both common and odd subjects. |
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| It was a joy to see his carving tools and original plates, as well as his finished works, which fit intricate repeating shapes into all spaces. |
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Escher does an amazing job of creating a metamorphosis of interlocking shapes. |
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It's fun studying the detail of a larger print. |
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His optical illusions are very entertaining, as you study the detail of these impossible structures below. |
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We ended our visit with fun in the interactive section of the museum. |
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See the rest of our Visit to Holland, July 2009 OR Go back in time to our prior visit to Holland in Europe, April 2007 OR |