M.C. Escher 1

Escher can be regarded as the 'Father' of modern tessellations so I've allocated several galleries to his art. He is famous for his impossible depictions like the one on the right, but he was a master of lino and wood cuts and produced many superbly crafted landscapes as well.

During his life, he became obsessed with filling the plane with pictures that did not overlap or leave spaces. Aged 68, he stated, "Filling the plane has become a real mania to which I have become addicted and from which I sometimes find it hard to tear myself away." Here is a very shortened version how this came about...