M.C. Escher art links 

Original works by M.C. Escher available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
 
 

Art Institute of Chicago   NEW!

Escher in Het Paleis, The Hague, Netherlands

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco   NEW!

Museum of Modern Art, New York City

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.   NEW!
M.C. Escher -- Life and Work

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.   NEW!
Most but not all artists in the NGA database have works online

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Many works

Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

Kresge Art Museum at Michigan State University

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

San Jose Museum of Art, California
Several images from a 2007 exhibition

 

Art Signature Dictionary   NEW!

Christie's Past Sale Archive
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)

Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)

 

M.C. Escher at The Art Renewal Center
10 works online

M.C. Escher at The Artchive

M.C. Escher at CGFA

Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)  

El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)  

eTapetnet Desktop Wallpapers

Humanities Web

M.C. Escher at ImageNETion

RKD Netherlands Imagebase   NEW!
Eclectic database of images that range from old black-and-white photos to superb, zoomable reproductions

Xaya Image Scans

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Escher Art Collection

M.C. Escher Foundation

Página de M.C. Escher (mostly in Spanish)  

The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher
A discussion of the mathematical logic behind some of Escher's works

The World of Escher

Zvi Har'El's M.C. Escher Collection

John Prazak's Inventors & Designers Page
3D models based on a few of the works of M.C. Escher

Sara Joan's Digital Page

 

Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on M.C. Escher  
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting

RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History  

Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info

Brain-Juice - 20th Century Biographies

Wikiquote, compendium of quotations from the Wikimedia Foundation

"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon Look Inside Books: Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader.              Search Inside Books: Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy. Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon.   search inside The Magic of M. C. Escher search inside The Magic Mirror of M.C. Escher search inside M. C. Escher look inside The M.C. Escher Jigsaw Puzzle Book look inside M.C. Escher: 29 Master prints look inside Escher On Escher look inside M.C. Escher: Life and Work look inside M.C. Escher Kaleidocycles look inside M.C. Escher: The Graphic Work