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About Escher

Escher Today

Here we tap into dates from M.C. Eschers life and work, jumping through time but always in the now. All year round you can enjoy background stories, anecdotes and trivia about this fascinating artist.

27 May 2025

More Than Neighbours: Albert E. Bosman & M.C. Escher

How to depict infinity on paper was something that fascinated both M.C. Escher and Albert E. Bosman. Albert Bosman (1891-1961) was an engineer and maths teacher who also became an artist. Mathematics lay at the core of his work. Bosman and Escher were neighbours in Baarn (NL), where they bonded over a mutual interest in mathematical shapes, ideas and principles. The two artists made abstract principles visually accessible to a wider audience. For the first time, their work is being shown side by side in M.C. Escher & Albert E. Bosman: A Mathematical Connection. Bosman’s best-known creation, the Pythagoras Tree, and the other drawings based on it are on show in this small but fascinating presentation from 21 February until 15 June 2025 at Escher in The Palace.

1 April 2025

Notable napkins

Escher in The Palace received a special donation: three napkins from the hand of artist and designer Chris Lebeau (1878-1945). These napkins, Refraction, Shoal of Fish and Apple, once belonged to M.C. Escher, and are on display until June 2025.

2 February 2025

The passing of Julie de Graag

The Latin expression ‘memento mori’, which means ‘remember you must die’, is a perennial theme in art. Julie de Graag literally made memento mori the subject of a print of the same name which she produced in 1916. Her reason for making such a print at that particular moment is clear. De Graag’s health problems regularly prompted bouts of depression, but it was the horrors of the First World War that caused her mental state to deteriorate further.

4 January 2025

Escher in 2024

2024 has come to an end and it has been another special and unforgettable year. These final days of the year, we look back on all the great exhibitions and programmes that we have organised.

19 December 2024

Julie de Graag

2024 marks the centenary of the death of Julie de Graag. This talented contemporary of M.C. Escher managed in her woodcuts to capture the essence of plants, animals and people with just a few details. The two artists shared a great love of nature, closely observing the world around them, and depicting it in their prints, each in their own unique way.

30 November 2024

A Mysterious Landscape: Pettorano sul Gizio

Escher’s Belvedere (1958) is a favourite with our visitors. The print has a magical power that touches millions of Escher fans around the world. It is a mix of completely different elements. Not only the foreground of the print has been a mystery, the landscape in the background was too.

30 October 2024

A Facade with Fish and Birds

A special donation was recently made around a tile tableau by Escher with fish and birds for the Dirk Schäferstraat 59 in Amsterdam. The donation includes two never-before-seen drawings by M.C. Escher, an extensive correspondence between the people involved and family photos of the unveiling of the tile tableau.

19 October 2024

A tessellated floor

Since the Just like Escher exhibition, the striking modular carpet from Studio Wae has been on display on the second floor. This floor covering lends a contemporary touch to Escher's legacy, above all doing so in a sustainable, circular way through the use of waste materials.

23 September 2024

M.C. Escher and Tony de Ridder

It was not just collectors and fans of M.C. Escher who acquired his work during his lifetime. Friends and family also owned prints by Escher, like this lithograph, Drawing Hands, from the estate of Antoinette Schottelius-De Ridder, better known as Tony de Ridder. Escher in The Palace recently received this work on long-term loan, and correspondence between Escher and De Ridder has, to our great delight, been donated to the museum.

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