Artprice.com portal dedicated his recent review of the work of the famous Dutch artist MC Escher Maurice, whose exhibition is now in Spain

artprice.com portal dedicated his recent review of the work of the famous Dutch artist MC Escher Maurice, whose exhibition is now in Spain.

Bizarre intelligent design by the Dutch artist MC Escher Maurice ( 1898-1972) and to this day continue to amaze the public's imagination. Escher exhibition is now in the halls of the magnificent palace of the Alhambra and the Generalife located next to Granada in Spain.

MORITZ Asher Day and night. 1938 Source: tokyoartbeat.com

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Moritz Escher (Maurits Escher) was born in the late nineteenth century in the Netherlands. He studied in Haarlem on the architect and engraver. And although his father was a hydraulic engineer, he hardly had a strong influence on the work of his son: intricate structure, which created the Dutch, - the fruit no mathematical calculations, and his imagination. In his youth, Escher traveled through Italy, and in 1923 he settled in Siena. Later he moved to Rome, where he lived from 1925 to 1935. During this period, Escher visited the Great Mosque of Cordoba and the Alhambra, which made an indelible impression on him: that the mosaic patterns and the Alhambra had a tremendous impact on all his subsequent works, and largely thanks to them worldwide recognition came to the artist during his lifetime. Although Asher is known throughout the world, and his albums are published in different languages, the best artist's work sold in the Netherlands: 50 percent of its auction transactions occur at home, bringing 46 percent of the profits from worldwide sales. Another 37 percent of transactions performed in the U.S. and 5 percent - in the UK.

Moritz Escher was inspired by geometric patterns and motifs of Islamic art, especially his ability attracted the Arab artists intentionally violate the laws of perspective and perception. The Dutchman is in the works with the symmetry, repetitive motifs, a flow of one form to another, plunging the audience into an almost hallucinatory state. In the world of Escher erased the basics: day and night become indistinguishable, the top and bottom are reversed, the east is mixed with the West, and the fish turn into birds, and there is all this with amazing grace.

In the early stage of his work diligently Escher mastered the technique of engraving, which is preferred over other methods of creating works of art. Only at the age of forty artist has developed a unique personal style, through which eventually became famous. He argued: "spatially-planar relationships are a source of strong emotions that cause haunting desire or at least some incentive to create images." The greatest demand among buyers enjoy the work of Escher's series of "Metamorphoses," he started in 1937. This series of color woodblock prints - the most expensive and most decorative of the entire heritage of the Dutchman. This technically complex work, with a width of 4 meters, is dedicated to the transformation of abstraction and geometric forms in recognizable figures and objects. In October 2008, Lot of five prints entitled "Metamorphosis II» (1940) doubled its already rather big estimate: for auction at Sotheby's in London, he was sold for a record-breaking 115 000 euro Escher (204 600 dollars). Most of his works go under the hammer no more than 7300 dollars, and only 20 percent of its affairs can earn more than $ 15 000.

MORITZ Asher House of stairs. 1951 Source: tokyoartbeat.com

market works Escher stable and happy with affordable prices, as most (96 percent) offered for sale are works of engraving. engraving, of course, a very democratic genre, as engraved image can be produced in the desired number. Yet sometimes at auctions unfold the real battle for Rare and well-preserved specimens. An example is the work of "Beetles" (or "Scarab," 1935, 18 x 24), a rare visitor to the auction, which is particularly interesting and valuable, which means an important transition for Asher to the subject of traffic, both directed in opposite directions, and experimenting with composition, in 1936 became the main direction of creative search for the Dutchman. The image of two beetles, estimated at 7,000 euros, in May 2009 at the auction house in Harlem Bubb Kuyper went under the hammer for 17 000 euro. Those insects have earned in 1400 euros (1650 dollars) in Amsterdam Christie's auction May 26, 1993.

addition to the most complex works on paper, which overcomes the laws of Asher three-dimensional world, the artist also created a small number of sculptures. Although that the price for them in 2010 had doubled, they were relatively cheap. Today it is "Bowl with the fishes", a limited edition of 500 copies, will cost you around 1200-2000 dollars (whereas in the early 2000s, such work was worth 350 - $ 800).

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

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