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Name: Oscar Reutersvard
Birth Date: 1915
Nationality: Swedish
Occupations: artist

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Known for his artistic renderings of shapes that are not physically possible, Oscar Reutersvard is widely acknowledged as "the father of impossible figures." His work has inspired such other great artist-mathematicians as Maurits Cornelius Escher and...


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Oscar Reutersvärd (1915 Stockholm, Sweden–February 2, 2002), "the father of the impossible figure", was an artist who pioneered the art of impossible objects. These are objects such as what was later renamed the Penrose triangle, which appear...


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By the Oscars, for The Oscars
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It was billed by Erol's Video Clubs' marketing department as "a pretty close second" to the "glamorous and awesome Academy Awards." What it was, was-well-a bit bizarre: a party hosted by a local Oscar family; 250 people milling about in a couple of...
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Oscar, Oscar, Oscar . . .
03/26/2000: 524 words, approx. 2 pages
It's a chunk of alloy britannium, plated in copper, nickel, silver and, finally, 24 karat gold. The raw materials, plus 20 hours' labor over four weeks and air shipping from Chicago to Los Angeles should add up to, say, a few thousand bucks. ...
 


 

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