Parastone Figure - Sphere with Fish by Escher - Made of Beech Wood - Brown with Painted Fish

ART & MUSEUMS COLLECTIONS - MUSEUMSSHOP Figures - sculptures - collectible figures The artist - Maurits Cornelis Echer (1898-1972) Initially, Escher decided to study architecture, but through his pion for the graphic arts he quickly changed his mind. In Haarlem, his teacher S. Jessurun de Mesquita teaches him the basic concepts of graphic art. His realistic style and themes change abruptly in 1936 when he first draws one of his famous 'unreal realities'. For the rest of his life as a graphic artist, Escher is dedicated to incorporating transcendent ideas such as metamorphosis and infinity in the world of mathematics. Das Werk - Sphere with Fish - Ball with Fish (Original Made of Beech Wood, 1940) Fascinated by the Japanese wood carving he admired, Escher transposed some motifs on wooden balls during the war years. The Parastone Museums Collection These fantastically beautiful sculptures were designed primarily in the Parastone Studios. A company that was already in 1880, then under a different name, mainly engaged in the restoration of church artwork. In addition, figures and sculptures were already made according to their own designs at this time. Today, the Studios enrich the collection of replicas of famous works of art with their Mouseion collection. In addition to the perfect copies of important artworks, these collections also include three-dimensional interpretations of paintings and drawings from various artists. So only for example Amedeo Modigliani, Gustav Klimt, Hieronymus Bosch or Salvador Dali.