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Sebastian Horsley (born Marcus A. Horsley; 8 August 1962 – 17 June 2010〔) was a London artist. Horsley's writing often revolved around his dysfunctional family, his drug addictions, sex, and his reliance on prostitutes. ==Background== Horsley was born in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He was the eldest son of Nicholas Horsley, with a younger brother of his, Jason Horsley, attending Pocklington School as a day-boy in the early 1980s. Their grandfather, Alec Horsley, was the founder of Northern Foods, and their father replaced him as chairman of the company from 1970 until the role was assumed by Christopher Haskins.〔(Northern Foods plc - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, background Information )〕 According to Horsley's autobiography, ''Dandy in the Underworld'', his birth name was Marcus, but his mother had decided to change it to Sebastian by the time she had returned from the hospital. His name was officially changed by deed poll in 1967. Horsley had an older sister, a psychotherapist named Ashley, as well as a younger brother, Jason Horsley.〔("Relative Values..." ) by Ria Higgins ''The Sunday Times'' 9 September 2007〕 His mother, the former Valerie Edwards, was a Welsh typist.〔(I said yes to marriage the first time we met ) by Valerie Walmsley-Hunter, ''The Guardian'', 10 December 2005, accessed 19 October 2007〕 After his parents divorced, Horsley's father married Sabitha Sarkar (married 1975-1987) and Alwyne Law (married 1998). His mother did not remarry but later became known as Valerie Walmsley-Hunter. As Horsley wrote in his memoirs, following the divorce of his parents in 1975: "Clearly everyone in my life who should have been vertical was horizontal." In an interview Horsley's mother gave to ''The Sunday Times'', she admitted that her son's childhood was profoundly difficult: "I don't think Nicholas ever went to bed sober and I was always in a fog. Sebastian and my other two children were accidents and, though it seems shocking to admit, I drank all the way through my pregnancies." 〔(Relative Values: Sebastian Horsley and his mother, Valerie ), interviews by Ria Higgins, Sunday Times, 9 September 2007, accessed 19 October 2007〕 In 1983, Horsley married Evlynn Anne Smith (8 September 1962 – 18 April 2003), the daughter of a Scottish painter and decorator, and who, together with Meriel Scott, constituted the art and furniture-design company Precious McBane. Horsley and Smith separated in 1990; she died of an aneurysm at age 40.〔, Daily Telegraph, last updated 29 April 2003, accessed 19 October. 2007〕 Horsley lived at 7 Meard Street, Soho, London. The sign on the door still reads: "This Is Not A Brothel / There Are No Prostitutes At This Address", as doorways on the street were often used by scammers to trick punters out of money, inevitably leading to angry confrontations with the innocent occupants.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sebastian Horsley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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