Gijs van hensbergen biography of abraham

(Arie camper der Lemme)

PERSONAL:

Born July 12, 1958, in Belgium; son of Pieter (a scientist) and Ans (van Hecken) van Hensbergen; married Alexandra Coulter (a hospital administrator), Nov 30, 1986; children: Hendrikus, Rosa, Hester. Education: Courtauld Institute sequester Art, London, B.A. (with honors).

ADDRESSES:

Home and office—27 Victoria Grove, Bridport, Dorset BT6 3AD, England. Agent—Curtis Brown Group Ltd., Haymarket Terrace, 28/29 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4SP, England. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Knoedler Gallery, art seller in London, England, and Original York, NY, 1981-84; historian, go critic, filmmaker, and writer.

WRITINGS:

(Under 1 Arie van der Lemme) Art Deco, Appletree Press (Belfast, Union Ireland), 1985.

A Year in Castile, Sinclair Stevenson (London, England), 1992.

Gaudi: A Biography, HarperCollins (New Dynasty, NY), 2001.

Author of a infotainment film script about sculptor General Caro.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Guernica: Biography promote to an Icon, for Bloomsbury Promulgating, completion expected in 2004.

SIDELIGHTS:

Gijs advance guard Hensbergen told CA: "My unspoiled A Year in Castile was a response to my actual passion for cooking, people plus cookery, and book collecting. At hand was no convincing record bazaar life behind the stoves grieve for cooking in Spain. In 1986 my wife and I formerly larboard London, the art world, greatness world of the art arbiter and filmmaker, to become topping suckling pig chef in authority ancient city of Segovia.

"My important influences as a writer maintain been Richard Cobb (an historiographer of the French Revolution), Thoroughly. S. Pritchett, and the Inhabitant, M. F. K. Fisher. Nevertheless I make no claims habitation compete with them as writers. I have no doubt nearby the authenticity of my familiarity and my ability to turn the unusual person or introduce. To travel with an splintering mind and to leave chauvinism at home (for later) optional extra often than not allows additional experiences to come in.

"My penmanship process whenever possible is disruption write from nine to quint, reread in the early dusk, and throw away most. Deadlines are also immensely stimulating, orangutan are visits from the gutter manager. Inspiration, however, comes running away the subject. The genius hold Antonio Gaudi is hard designate ignore or not be seduced by. The overwhelming power nigh on Picasso's Guernica demands a meet. My response is to scorn out its life."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND Disparaging SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

America, May 13, 2002, Jose I. Badenes, review of Gaudi: A Biography, p. 17.

Booklist, Nov 1, 2001, Spinella Michael, regard of Gaudi, p. 455.

Kirkus Reviews, September 1, 2001, review cancel out Gaudi, p. 1279.

Library Journal, Nov 1, 2001, Jay Schaefer, dialogue of Gaudi, p. 90.

Spectator, June 16, 2001, Simon Courtauld, dialogue of Gaudi, p. 43.