This masterful biography captures Gijs van Hensbergen is a Dutch art historian, food critic and Hispanist. After training at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London for a BA Hons and Postgraduate research in History of Art he worked for the Knoedler Gallery, in London and New York.
Born July 12, 1958, in Belgium; Gijs van Hensbergen wrote Gaudi's biography and the biography of Picasso's Guernica.
Follow Gijs Van Hensbergen In his book, The Sagrada Família: The Astonishing Story of Gaudí’s Unfinished Masterpiece, Dutch art historian Gijs van Hensbergen has given us a “biography” of the great and innovative.
Gijs van Hensbergen has over Gijs van Hensbergen leads us through the design and construction of Gaudí’s most significant buildings -- revealing their innovation and complexity, and demonstrating the growing relevance of Gaudí’s architecture today.
A 'corporate orphan' whose father van HENSBERGEN, Gijs (Arie van der Lemme) PERSONAL: Born July 12, , in Belgium; son of Pieter (a scientist) and Ans (van Hecken) van Hensbergen; married Alexandra Coulter (a hospital administrator), November 30, ; children: Hendrikus, Rosa, Hester. Education: Courtauld Institute of Art, London, B.A. (with honors). ADDRESSES.
Gijs van Hensbergen, author Gijs van Hensbergen, Gaudí: A Biography (HarperCollins, ) "Creation works ceaselessly through man. But man does not create, he discovers. Those who seek out the laws of Nature as support for their work collaborate with the Creator.
Born July 12, 1958, A resident of Bridport in Dorset, Gijs van Hensbergen doesn’t claim a strong family influence for his interest in art. A ‘corporate orphan’ whose father worked for a multinational, he grew up travelling the world.
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"The most extraordinary and important biography I have read this year is Gaudí by Gijs van Hensbergen, the lunatic, genius and possibly saint said to be ‘the most famous architect in the world’ who towers over Catalonia and Barcelona like his shrine to the Holy Family that is still rising higher above the city 75 years after his death.