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Maurits Cornelis Escher (M.C. Escher) was a graphic artist in the 1900s during the time of World War II. M.C. Escher is famous for his woodcuts and lithographs. Among those are Day and Night, and Coast of Amalfi. Maurits Cornelis Escher had an interesting childhood. He was born on June 7, 1898 in Leewarden, which is the capital of the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands. Escher lived in a grand house called "Princesshof". "Princesshof" is now a museum showing many of his best works. At the age of seven he started learning both carpentry and how to play the piano. Maurits spent most of his youth in Arnhem, where he attended both elementary and secondary school. Although his marks were poor in secondary school and he never graduated because he failed the tests, his teachers took a liking to his talents and taught him how to make linocuts. His drawing teacher was F.W. van der Haagen. Van der Haagen helped Escher make linoleum cuts. Escher's father wished for him to go to Haarlem......
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