Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for M. C. Escher across 6 places, from 1898 to 1972.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were inspired by mathematics.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where M. C. Escher was documented, and when
17 June 1898exact date
Leeuwardenattested“Maurits Cornelis Escher was born on 17 June 1898 in Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands, in a house that forms part of the Princessehof Ceramics Museum today.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1923 to 1935period
Romeattested“Escher returned to Italy and lived in Rome from 1923 to 1935.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1923 to 1935period
Italyattested“Escher returned to Italy and lived in Rome from 1923 to 1935.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
January 1941month
Baarnattested“World War II forced them to move in January 1941, this time to Baarn, Netherlands, where Escher lived until 1970.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1970year
Laren, North Hollandattested“Escher moved to the Rosa Spier Huis in Laren in 1970, an artists' retirement home in which he had his own studio.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
27 March 1972exact date
Hilversumattested“He died in a hospital in Hilversum on 27 March 1972, aged 73.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
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1903 to 1918period
Arnhemmentioned“In 1903, the family moved to Arnhem, where he attended primary and secondary school until 1918.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1918year
Delft University of Technologymentioned“In 1918, he went to the Technical College of Delft.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1922year
Florencementioned“In 1922, an important year of his life, Escher traveled through Italy, visiting Florence, San Gimignano, Volterra, Siena, and Ravello.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1922year
Italymentioned“In 1922, an important year of his life, Escher traveled through Italy, visiting Florence, San Gimignano, Volterra, Siena, and Ravello.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1924year
Italymentioned“While in Italy, Escher met Jetta Umiker – a Swiss woman, like himself attracted to Italy – whom he married in 1924.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1935year
Italymentioned“In 1935, the political climate in Italy under Mussolini became unacceptable to Escher.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1936year
Alhambramentioned“After his 1936 journey to the Alhambra and to La Mezquita, Cordoba, where he sketched the Moorish architecture and the tessellated mosaic decorations, Escher began to explore tessellation using geometric grids as the basis for his sketches.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1936year
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdobamentioned“After his 1936 journey to the Alhambra and to La Mezquita, Cordoba, where he sketched the Moorish architecture and the tessellated mosaic decorations, Escher began to explore tessellation using geometric grids as the basis for his sketches.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
June 1936month
Spainmentioned“In May and June 1936, Escher travelled back to Spain, revisiting the Alhambra and spending days at a time making detailed drawings of its mosaic patterns.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1937year
Ucclementioned“In 1937, the family moved again, to Uccle (Ukkel), a suburb of Brussels, Belgium.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1954year
Amsterdammentioned“The critic Steven Poole commented that In 1954, the International Congress of Mathematicians met in Amsterdam, and N.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
1962year
North Americamentioned“A planned series of lectures in North America in 1962 was cancelled after an illness, and he stopped creating artworks for a time, but the illustrations and text for the lectures were later published as part of the book Escher on Escher.”source: Wikipedia: M. C. Escher
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