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About
Graphic artist who created realistic images of the impossible, such as his famous drawing, Relativity, in which stairs overlap and intersect.
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Before Fame
After being placed in a special school due to illness as a child, he failed second grade, although he excelled in drawing.
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Trivia Fact
He also worked in woodcuts and mezzotints.
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Family Life:
Married Jetta Umiker in Italy, in 1924; the couple settled in Rome.
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Associated With
He was an artist born in the Netherlands, much like Vincent Van Gogh.