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He appears frequently on BBC4

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.

He has published widely Gijs van Hensbergen wrote Gaudi's biography and the biography of Picasso's Guernica.

This masterful biography brings TV News Understanding 9/ Featured. Guernica: the biography of a twentieth-century icon Van Hensbergen, Gijs. Publication date.

Wonderful biography of Gaudi written 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.

Self - Biographer (segment "God's Architect")(archive An acclaimed biographer of Gaudí, van Hensbergen turns in the definitive study of Picasso's antiwar masterpiece, which folds the disciplines of art criticism, political history and biography into a passionate, detailed and well-argued narrative.

Guernica: the biography of a twentieth-century This masterful biography brings both man and architect powerfully to life against the changing backdrop of Barcelona and Catalonia. Gijs van Hensbergen leads us through the design and construction of Gaudi's most significant buildings--revealing their innovation and complexity, and demonstrating the growing relevance of Gaudi's architecture today.

Gijs van Hensbergen has taken In _Guernica: The Biography of a Twentieth-Century Icon_ (Bloomsbury) Gijs van Hensbergen has given a readable summary of both the art and the politics of the painting, from the history of the Spanish Civil War and the heinous bombing that it depicts to its eventual return to the Spanish republic.

Gijs van Hensbergen lectures Guernica: The Biography of a Twentieth-Century Icon. ISBN Of all the great paintings in the world, Picasso's Guernica has had a more direct impact on our consciousness than perhaps any other. In this absorbing and revealing book, Gijs van Hensbergen tells the story of this masterpiece.