Editing M. C. Escher (section)

== Early life ==
[[File:Leeuwarden - Keramiekmuseum Princessehof.jpg|thumb|Escher's birth house, now part of the [[Princessehof Ceramics Museum]], in [[Leeuwarden]], [[Friesland]], the [[Netherlands]]]]
   
Maurits Cornelis{{efn|"We named him Maurits Cornelis after S.'s [Sara's] beloved uncle Van Hall, and called him 'Mauk' for short&nbsp;...", Diary of Escher's father, quoted in ''M. C. Escher: His Life and Complete Graphic Work'', Abradale Press, 1981, p. 9.}} Escher was born on 17 June 1898 in [[Leeuwarden]], [[Friesland]], the Netherlands, in a house that forms part of the [[Princessehof Ceramics Museum]] today. He was the youngest son of the civil engineer [[George Arnold Escher]] and his second wife, Sara Gleichman. In 1903, the family moved to [[Arnhem]], where he attended primary and secondary school until 1918.<ref name=Chronology>{{cite web |title=Chronology |url=http://www.worldofescher.com/reading/cronbib1.html |website=World of Escher |access-date=1 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915212225/http://www.worldofescher.com/reading/cronbib1.html |archive-date=15 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Paleis>{{cite web |title=About M.C. Escher |url=http://www.escherinhetpaleis.nl/about-escher-in-het-paleis/about-mc-escher/?lang=en |publisher=Escher in het Paleis |access-date=11 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127100208/http://www.escherinhetpaleis.nl/about-escher-in-het-paleis/about-mc-escher/?lang=en |archive-date=27 January 2016 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Known to his friends and family as "Mauk", he was a sickly child and was placed in a special school at the age of seven; he failed the second grade.<ref name="sundial">{{cite book |last=Bryden |first=Barbara E. |title=Sundial: Theoretical Relationships Between Psychological Type, Talent, And Disease |publisher=Center for Applications of Psychological Type |location=Gainesville, Fla |isbn=978-0-935652-46-8 |year=2005 }}</ref> Although he excelled at drawing, his grades were generally poor. He took [[carpentry]] and piano lessons until he was thirteen years old.<ref name=Chronology /><ref name=Paleis />

In 1918, he went to the [[Delft University of Technology|Technical College of Delft]].<ref name=Chronology /><ref name=Paleis /> From 1919 to 1922, Escher attended the [[Haarlem]] School of Architecture and Decorative Arts, learning drawing and the art of making [[woodcut]]s.<ref name=Chronology /> He briefly studied [[architecture]], but he failed a number of subjects (due partly to a persistent skin infection) and switched to [[decorative arts]],<ref name="sundial" /> studying under the graphic artist [[Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita]].<ref name="Locher 1971 5">{{harvnb|Locher|1971|p=5}}</ref>