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Maurits Cornelis Escher, more popularly known as M. Escher, was born in the Netherlands on June 17, He was the youngest of 4 children. Maurits was a sickly boy, and although his grades were relatively poor, he did, however, excel in drawing.

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He took up piano lessons and classes in carpentry until the age of He then went to the Haarlem School of Architecture and Decorative Arts in , where he had initially studied Architecture but transferred to Graphic Arts after only one week. He left the school in after having gained knowledge on drawing and wood cutting. Maurits then traveled extensively.

In , upon seeing the Alhambra, a 14th century Moorish castle, for the first time, Maurits became engrossed with the Regular Division of the Plane. This principle of plane division which is based on tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface or plane with interlocking shapes. It was also during his travels when he met his wife, Jetta Umiker, in They resided in Rome but each year, Maurits would travel around Italy to draw and sketch which would serve as basis for his works.

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They had one son named Giorgio Arnaldo. World War II forced the family to return to the Netherlands. Maurits died at the age of 73 on March 27, Maurits became famous for his works combining impossible reality, infinity, and tessellation.