Maurits Escher's Economical Impact

Maurits Escher's work is famous, well liked and admired by many all over the world , including mathematicians and scientists.

Beside his woodcuts, paintings and drawings, he wrote several books and the house "Princessehof" in which Maurits was born and the Escher family was living in, is now a museum and a place for many exibitions of his works.

He became a Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau in 1955 and in 1985 the asteroid '4444 Escher' was named after him.

His works can be found on many posters, ties, T-shirts, puzzles, ceramics, sculptures, watches, pencils, memo cubes, addressbooks, diary's, mousepads, calendars and coloring pencils. Books written by and about the artist and DVDs with documentaries on his life are available as well.

The M.C. Escher Foundation which was founded in 1968 by Maurits Escher himself to preserve his works of art nowadays still organizes exhibitions, publishes books and films about Maurits' life and work. The ultimate goal however is, being able to establish a permanent M.C. Escher Museum and to get as much artwork back to the Netherlands as possible.

I hope they are able to accomplish both goals. It would be nice to have all his works in one place and I can't think of a better place to admire them then in the M.C. Escher Museum!