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b. 1946 -

Hans Abbing Utrecht , 14 March 1946 ) is a Dutch artist , economist and sociologist .

After studying economics at the University of Groningen , which he with honors cum ended, he worked initially in Groningen , and later several years at the Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Social Work . In 1978 he went to study at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, which he left with a diploma in 1983. Initially he made ??many paintings and graphics , but later he started to become more concerned with drawings, often heads and nudes in color, and photography , in which he made ??heavy use of distortion.

Meanwhile, loved and he is also concerned with economics, specifically the art economy. From 1990-2005 he taught at the Rotterdam Erasmus University , where he graduated in 2002. Abbing was from September 2005 to August 2008 extraordinary professor in art sociology at the University of Amsterdam , where he Boekman- chair held.
Publications

Economy and culture. The subsidy issue in economic theory as well as encourage an economy of the arts. The Hague, Staatsuitgeverij, 1978.
An Economy of the Arts. Reflections on art and art policy. Groningen, Groningen Historical Publishing, 1989 (2nd edition 1993).
Why are Artists Poor? The Exceptional Economy of the Arts. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2002 ( thesis ).
From high art to nex art. Amsterdam, Vossiuspers University of Amsterdam, 2006 (inaugural).
High for new art. [Groningen], History Publishing, 2009.

Artists Contributing to publications

KP Kaváfis Twelve poems. [Amsterdam], Sub Signo Libelli , 1982 [etch]
Peter Heringastate under the pseudonym Leberecht, A phoenix too infrequent. Amsterdam, Phoenix Editions , 1982 [etch]

Family

Hans Abbing is a member of the patriciaatsgeslacht Abbing and a son of Pieter Johan Roscam Abbing (1914-1996), professor of theology at the University of Groningen and Anna Christiana Valeton (1912-2002), theologian and former chaplain in a hospital. He is a brother of Willem Ernst Roscam Abbing, professor of social medicine, and a brother of Henk van Os and founder of the Laurenscantorij Barend Schuurman . [1]