Dutch artist, poet and archaeologist. Bierenbroodspot studied at the Amsterdam School of the Arts, the State Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam and also had a residency at a drawing teachers Institute. She has worked as a painter, draftswoman, engraver and sculptor, and she also designs tapestries and writes poetry. She made the murals for the Rotterdam cruise ship of the Holland America Line. Bierenbroodspots work has been exhibited in various places in the Netherlands, and also in Brussels, New York, Amman and Beirut. Bierenbroodspot was part of the team of archaeologists that unearthed the Jordanian city of Petra. In other countries in the Middle East, she was involved in archaeological research. In 1995 she was knighted by King Hussein of Jordan. In 1998, she was appointed an honorary citizen of the city of Baalbeck in Lebanon, where she resided. In 1999 she was appointed to the Order of the Netherlands Lion. In 2006 she was a candidate for the Party for the Animals, a political party in the Netherlands advocating animal rights and animal welfare. Link to in Dutch Read less
Date of birth: Thu May 09 1940 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Place of birth: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bierenbroodspot Gerti is a Dutch celebrity chef who is known for her bierenbrood (beer bread). She has written several cookbooks and has hosted a number of television shows about cooking. She is also the owner of a bierenbrood museum in Amsterdam.