Fine Art Images

Works of
Escher & Magritte

(two of my favorite artists)

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INTRODUCTION:

Two artists who have created many works that are among my favorites are M. C. Escher (1898-1972) and René Magritte (1898-1967). Images of many of my favorites of their works are below.

Some of the Escher drawings have inspired Lego constructionists and 3D computer modellers to reproduce the Escher images in those formats.

I have included (below) some images of those Lego models --- and some 2D shaded-image renderings of those 3D CG models. (CG = Computer Graphics)

Hopefully this will enahnce enjoyment and considerations of Escher's drawings.

By including these 3D models, I simply mean to show how some people have been challenged by Escher's work. They try to render his 2D optical illusions in 3D.

(NOTE: There is a web site that hosts altered versions of Escher's images --- usually humorous ones --- similar to the many take-offs on daVinci's Mona Lisa. I hope I did not accidentally put one of those images here without noting that it is a "knock-off".)

Magritte, like Escher, seems to have an affinity for creating visual surprises, but his surprises are not quite as geometrically oriented as those of Escher. Magritte strikes out in a slightly different direction. Vive la differance!

How the Images are Presented below :

Each image is shown scaled to a width proportional to the width of your browser window.

Each image is a link to a new window (or tab) that shows the image at its natural size. Click on any image to see it in a separate window.

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If you hold the mouse cursor over an image, a small pop-up 'balloon' will provide a brief description of the image, with the pixel-size indicated. (These pop-ups should work in most web browsers.)

Most of the images are medium- to high-resolution --- more than 500 pixels wide.

Most of the images come from JPEG files --- but there are a few GIF and PNG files.


early work


early work


early work


ascending_and_descending


closeup of the image above


CG model


belvedere


Legos on the left


Tower_of_Babel


Legos


CG model


waterfall


metamorphoses


day_and_night


Sky and Water (1938)


encounter


alligators


alligators - CG model


alligators - CG model -view 2


3 twisted toruses


moebius_flatworms


moebius_strip_ants


order_and_chaos


snakes


gravity


crabs


three_spheres


still_life


still_life_withReflection


pond (3 worlds)


tiretrack_reflection


handsDrawingEachOther


self portrait (reflection in sphere)


eye


selfportrait

Not sure these two are by Escher.
The one below may be a CG
model of one of Escher's creations.

For more on Escher, check out Wikipedia.

And do a WEB SEARCH on keywords such as
'escher paintings images'

And do a WEB SEARCH on keywords such as
'pictures escher drawings'


clairvoyance_eggAndBird_selfportrait


false_mirror


laMagieNoire (1945)


listening_room


man_mirror_reflection


son_of_man


theLovers


theUnexpectedAnswer


thisIsNotAPipe


time


reconnaissance_infinie

For more on Magritte, check out Wikipedia.

And do a WEB SEARCH on keywords such as
'magritte paintings images'

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Page history:

Page was created 2006 Oct 06.

Page was changed 2009 Jan 20.
(Some re-formatting.)

Page was changed 2020 Sep 10.
(Added css and javascript to try to handle text-size for smartphones, esp. in portrait orientation. Removed 'thumbnail' images. Specified the width of images in proportion to the width of the browser window. Added some Wikipedia and WEB SEARCH links.)