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Mireille Linck

Curator

Mireille Linck is curator at Escher in The Palace. She conducts research on M.C. Escher and curates exhibitions on his life, work and contemporaries. Trained as an art historian and a great lover and connoisseur of works on paper, she previously worked at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Teylers Museum.

Published by Mireille Linck

7 August 2025

Letters full of admiration: a special loan

During his lifetime, M.C. Escher received several letters from enthusiasts sharing their admiration for his work. Not all of these have survived, which makes it very special when relatives lend such letters to a museum. The granddaughter of Hendrik Dekker temporarily loans his carefully written letter about the print Reptiles (1943) and Escher's reaction to it to Escher in The Palace. The handwritten correspondence will be on display from 18 March to 14 September 2025.

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.

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.

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.

25 May 2024

Escher and the Wadden Islands

The five Wadden Islands in the north of the Netherlands provide a home for locals but are also a popular holiday destination. Although part of the Netherlands, the islands feel like a foreign country, if only because of the ferry trip you have to make to reach them. Mainlanders flock to the area for the sea air or to soak up the island atmosphere. This attraction is not new: the area was already popular with holidaymakers when M.C. Escher was a boy.

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Mireille Linck

Published by Mireille Linck

Letters full of admiration: a special loan

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

The passing of Julie de Graag

Julie de Graag

Escher and the Wadden Islands

Letters full of admiration: a special loan

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

The passing of Julie de Graag

Julie de Graag

Escher and the Wadden Islands