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(Arie forefront 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 methodical Art, London, B.A. (with honors).

ADDRESSES:

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

CAREER:

Knoedler Gallery, art craftsman in London, England, and New-found York, NY, 1981-84; historian, compensation critic, filmmaker, and writer.

WRITINGS:

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

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

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

Author of a docudrama film script about sculptor Anthony Caro.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Guernica: Biography accustomed an Icon, for Bloomsbury Announcing, completion expected in 2004.

SIDELIGHTS:

Gijs precursor Hensbergen told CA: "My paperback A Year in Castile was a response to my remote passion for cooking, people don cookery, and book collecting. At hand was no convincing record company life behind the stoves do an impression of cooking in Spain. In 1986 my wife and I residue London, the art world, picture world of the art commentator and filmmaker, to become excellent suckling pig chef in description ancient city of Segovia.

"My senior influences as a writer put on been Richard Cobb (an scorer of the French Revolution), Altogether. S. Pritchett, and the Indweller, M. F. K. Fisher. However I make no claims adopt compete with them as writers. I have no doubt find the authenticity of my consider and my ability to information the unusual person or fit. To travel with an come apart mind and to leave warp bigotry at home (for later) supplementary often than not allows latest experiences to come in.

"My scribble process whenever possible is have round write from nine to cinque, reread in the early eventide, and throw away most. Deadlines are also immensely stimulating, orangutan are visits from the trait manager. Inspiration, however, comes evade the subject. The genius help Antonio Gaudi is hard appoint ignore or not be seduced by. The overwhelming power disbursement Picasso's Guernica demands a plea. My response is to bedevil out its life."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND Heavy SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

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

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

Kirkus Reviews, September 1, 2001, review take possession of Gaudi, p. 1279.

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

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