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Swedish. Notable work. Impossible figures. Oscar Reutersvärd (29 November 1915 – 2 February 2002) was a Swedish graphic artist, who in 1934 pioneered the art of 3D drawings that may initially appear feasible, yet cannot be physically constructed.
Feb 6, 2021 · Learn about Oscar Reutersvärd, the Swedish artist and art historian who invented the impossible triangle and the impossible staircase in the 1930s. Discover his life, work, and legacy in this article from Museum Escher in The Palace.
Apr 3, 2012 · Oscar Reutersvärd, born in Sweden in 1915, is often referred to as “the father of the impossible figure”. He earned this title by being the first artist to explore impossible figures. Over his lifetime, he literally drew thousands of impossible figures.
Oscar Reutersvärd is a professor of Art History and Theory at Lund University (Sweden), founder in 1950 and fellow of the International Association of Art Critics IAAC, fellow of the American Association for Aesthetics and of the Societé de l'Art Francais.
The Penrose stairs or Penrose steps, also dubbed the impossible staircase, is an impossible object created by Oscar Reutersvärd in 1937 [1] [2] [3] [4] and later independently discovered and made popular by Lionel Penrose and his son Roger Penrose. [5] A variation on the Penrose triangle, it is a two-dimensional depiction of a staircase in ...
N'Oscars loop - konstverk vid Viktoriaplatsen i Skellefteå. Oscar Reutersvärd, född 29 november 1915 i Stockholm, död 2 februari 2002 i Lund, var en svensk målare, tecknare, skulptör och professor.
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One day in 1934 in Stockholm, young Oscar Reutersvärd, aged eighteen years, sat bored in his high school Latin class. He drew what you see in figure 1.1, which we now know as Opus 1. Pause for a moment to think about Opus 1. It looks impossible, yes? But what does “impossible” mean in this context?
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