{"id":28902,"date":"2026-03-30T10:25:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcescher.com\/?p=28902"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:54:47","slug":"rome-exhibition-1926","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.test.mcescher.com\/nl\/rome-exhibition-1926\/","title":{"rendered":"M.C. Escher&#8217;s Tentoonstelling in Rome, 1926."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:2%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 80% + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element awb-imageframe-style awb-imageframe-style-below awb-imageframe-style-1\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-custom11);--awb-caption-margin-top:10px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h6_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h6_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h6_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:13px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h6_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h6_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h6_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/\/\/test.mcescher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LW-110.webp\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive\"\/><\/span><div class=\"awb-imageframe-caption-container\"><div class=\"awb-imageframe-caption\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:40px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>De tentoonstelling van M.C. Escher in Rome in 1926.<\/h2>\n<p>Kort na zijn huwelijk met Jetta Umiker, die hij tijdens zijn eerdere reizen in Itali\u00eb had ontmoet, belandde Escher in Rome. Dit was niet het oorspronkelijke plan, maar in die tijd was er geen huis te vinden in Frascati. In Rome deed zich echter een kans voor: een huis in aanbouw stond te koop aan de Via Alessandro Poerio.<\/p>\n<p>Het was onvermijdelijk dat Escher daar uiteindelijk een aantal van zijn landgenoten zou ontmoeten, onder wie de heer G.J. Hoogewerff, directeur van het Nederlands Historisch Instituut in Rome. Deze laatste zou Escher helpen bij zijn zoektocht naar tentoonstellingsmogelijkheden.<\/p>\n<p>Dit bleek succesvol na een bezoek aan de Nederlandse gezant in Rome en aan de gezant van de paus. Van 2 tot en met 16 mei werden 68 werken tentoongesteld in het Palazzetto Venezia. Dit was zijn eerste solotentoonstelling van deze omvang en zou een groot succes worden.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>De Nederlandse en Italiaanse pers schreven :<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ook onder de houtsneden bevinden zich diverse puur Italiaanse onderwerpen, maar hier is ook een andere kant, een andere stroming, duidelijk zichtbaar. Enkele geestige illustraties werden gemaakt voor het po\u00ebtische prozawerk &#8216;Flor de Pascua&#8217; van de heer A. van Stolk. Een Sint-Franciscus met een Noordse uitstraling preekt tot een menigte ondeugende vogels. De legende van Sint-Vincent is opvallend weergegeven volgens de Legenda Aurea van Jacobus van Voragine, en met de nieuwste serie \u2013 zes visioenen van de scheppingsdagen volgens Genesis \u2013 slaat de houtsnijder een diepere toon aan. De scheiding van de wateren is bijvoorbeeld indrukwekkend afgebeeld. Nieuw Rotterdamsche Courant, mei 1926.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Een Nederlander die in Rome exposeert is geen alledaags verschijnsel, hoewel Nederlanders en Nederlandse kunstenaars vaak zo enthousiast zijn en zo ge\u00efnspireerd raken door de schoonheid van Itali\u00eb in natuur en kunst dat ze zich er vestigen, zoals bijvoorbeeld juffrouw Maria van Panhuys die een beeldhouwstudio in Rome heeft opgezet.&#8221; Maar meneer Escher is noch beeldhouwer, noch schilder, en wil ook geen schilder worden, verklaarde hij mij ter gelegenheid van een bezoek aan zijn tentoonstelling van houtsneden en tekeningen in het paleis van Veneti\u00eb. Deze tentoonstelling is absoluut een bezoek waard. De Tijd, mei 1926.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Tentoonstelling van tekeningen en houtsneden van M. C. Escher.<br \/>\nEen tentoonstelling van tekeningen en houtsneden van de Nederlandse kunstenaar M. C. Escher is geopend in het pand van de Gruppo Incieri Romani aan de Via degli Astalli 3 (Palazzetto Venezia). Het is een tamelijk homogene verzameling werken in de fantasierijke en willekeurige stijl waar Scandinavische illustratoren meesters in zijn. Vakkundige uitvoering, rijkdom aan middelen en, uiteindelijk, een zeer geslaagde uitvoering. Deze dingen gaan echter onze smaak te boven en lijken misschien banaal, maar het is allemaal gedaan voor aardse genoegens: met andere woorden, wat voor deze buitenlanders verfijning en idealisme betekent, komt voor ons bijna altijd ziekelijk en theoretisch over. Maar dit sluit artistiek potentieel in deze uitdrukkingsvorm niet uit. In de werken van de jonge Nederlander bespeurt men vaak een aangenaam en heerlijk gevoel voor inventiviteit en stijl; soms een feestelijke en stralende decoratie; En tot slot, altijd een juiste balans tussen zwart en wit, de voornaamste reden voor deze kunstvorm, volledig geschreven en gegraveerd. De onderwerpen van de kunstenaar zijn over het algemeen Italiaanse landschappen, visioenen van Siena, Assisi, Rome en Amalfi&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0 Tribuna, Correire d&#8217;Italia, Rome, may 1926, C.E. 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Last updated : <span class=\"awb-dd awb-dd-1\"><span class=\"awb-dd-params\">mei 15, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:80.8%;margin-left: calc(-1% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-1% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0.495%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0.495%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0.495%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0.495%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0.495%;--awb-spacing-left-small:0.495%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-1 tribuna-oppo-may-1926\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-1\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<h3>Mostra di disegni e xilografie di M. C. Escher<\/h3>\n<p>Nei locali del Gruppo incisori romani in via degli Astalli, 3 (palazzetto Venezia) si \u00e8 aperta la mostra di disegni e xilografie dell&#8217;artista olandese M. C. Escher. \u00c8 un insieme abbastanza omogeneo di opere di quella maniera fantasiosa e arbitraria di cui son maestri gli illustratori nordici. Abilit\u00e0 di esecuzione, ricchezza di mezzi e, in fondo, riuscitissime realizzazioni. Ma son cose fuori del nostro gusto, che potr\u00e0 sembrare banale, ma \u00e8 tutto fatto per piaceri terreni: in altre parole quello che, per questi stranieri, significa raffinatezza ed idealismo, a noi sa quasi sempre di malato e di teorico. Ma non si deve per questo escludere da tal modo di esprimersi una possibilit\u00e0 artistica. Infatti nelle opere del giovane olandese spesso si avvertono piacevolezze e gustosit\u00e0 di trovate e di taglio; altre volte un decorativismo festoso e luminoso; infine sempre un giusto equilibrio di rapporti del bianco e nero, sovrana ragione di quest&#8217;arte tutta scritta e incisa. I soggetti trattati dall&#8217;artista sono in genere paesaggi italiani, visioni di Siena, di Assisi, di Roma e d&#8217;Amalfi. Una strana Italia vista con nostalgia coloniale e orientale. Cos\u00ec come a me parve strano un giorno ad Amsterdam un carro carico di enormi e giallissime banane che venivano chiss\u00e0 da quali lontane Indie e mettevano una improvvisa nota fosforescente nel grasso grigio della nebbiosa citt\u00e0. E pare impossibile: un particolare di cos\u00ec poca importanza mi mascher\u00f2 tutti gli olandesi con abiti di seta e di velluto ornati di pizzi e gale, e sulla testa i grandi cappelli piumati, in bocca la lunga bianca pipa, ai piedi stivali dai risonanti speroni, al fianco appesa a grandi nastri la durlindana; e le navi misero lanternoni e Madonne a prua, finestroni e remi ai fianchi, castelli dorati sul ponte e tante grandissime vele sugli alberi per andare nel paese delle banane e, strada facendo, essere assaliti dai pirati di tutti i colori. Quest&#8217;arrembaggio me lo sognai di notte in un albergo tutto di maiolica lustra. Ciascuno sogna come pu\u00f2.<\/p>\n<p>Source : Tribuna, Correira d&#8217;Italia; May 1926, C.E. 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