Oscar Reutersvärd [SEP] date of birth
Oscar Reutersvärd
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. He is sometimes described as "the father of the impossible figure", although there are much older examples, e.g. Hogarth's "Satire on False Perspective", in addition to more recent well known examples by Roger Penrose and others.
Biography.
Born on 29 November 1915 in Stockholm, Sweden
Roger Penrose said that he had been greatly inspired by Escher's work when he and his father discovered both the Penrose tribar structure (i.e., the Penrose triangle) and the continuous steps.
History of discovery Oscar Reutersvärd.
The staircase design had been discovered previously by the Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd, but neither Penrose nor Escher was aware of his designs. Inspired by a radio programme on Mozart's method of composition—described as "creative automatism", i.e. each creative idea written down inspired a new idea—Reutersvärd started