Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972), usually referred to as M.C. Escher, was a Dutch-Frisian graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. These feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations.
Some people would classify his art as surrealism, but to use any label [...]
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John James Audubon (1785 – 1851) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, and artist. He is widely known for his beautiful paintings of North American bird species. Today there are two kinds of calendars that bear his name. Both are published with the help of the Audubon Society. The first are simply calendars that feature nature [...]
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