MC Escher, who was de youngest of five children, was born on june the 17th 1898 in Leeuwarden. He was raised in Arnhem where he also went to school. He was not a blinkster at school but he could draw well. This, together with the fact that his father wanted a good education for his son, led to the choice for the Academy for Architecture. Here, after a couple of months he was told, however, that he wasn't capable of being an architect, as his designs had more to do with art than with architecture. He stopped with this school and continued, on the age of 21, with an education on the Academy of Fine Arts in Haarlem.

After 2 years of education people let him know that he wasn't fit to be an artist or designer because he wasn't creative enough and he had too few sponteneous ideas. In 1922 he therefore also stopped this education and started to design creations for himself. He found his inspiration in the numerous countries he visited, during his journeys on cargos.

In Italy he met his wife Jetta, with whom he married in 1924. His wife gave him 3 sons. In Italie the situation aggravated to such an extent that it wasn't safe for them to stay there. That's why the family settled in Holland in 1941, after having roamed about in Switserland and Belgium for several years.

Logo DAVOEscher started with small designs, especially for companies, later he made designs for sales. In 1950 the first edition of all his designs in book form, was published. This was such a success that it was immediately published in 5 several languages. The last 32 years of his life he spent in Holland, to make several designs. He worked with many scholars and mathematics. In 1972, on the age of 74, he died.

M.C. Escher designed in 1953 the DAVO logo. This already happened before Escher became famous with his designs. In our logo, 4 pigeons are portrayed, which fly to the four winds.

M.C. Escher has also designed several stamps.

For the Dutch stamps see the N.V.P.H. no: 278, 542 and 543. For the stamps of the Netherlands Antilles see the N.V.P.H. no: 209, 210. And for the Surinam stamps see the N.V.P.H. no: 278 and 279.