Maurits Cornelis Escher: The Architect of Impossible Worlds Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) remains one of the most singularly inventive and enduring figures in the history of graphic art. More than simply a printmaker, he was a mathematician, a visual explorer, and a master of illusion who challenged our perceptions of space, time, and infinity. His work, initially largely ignored by the mainstream art world, has since achieved g…