Aart van den IJssel (17 December 1922 in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

– 2 December 1983 in

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) was a Dutch sculptor, painter and draftsman. Van den IJssel is known for his sculptures of animals (especially insects and birds) and horses. His work is in the public space in

and several other places in the Netherlands. Van den IJssel was successively a member of the

Pulchri Studio Pulchri Studio (Latin:"For the study of beauty") is a Dutch art society, art institution and art studio based in The Hague ('s-Gravenhage), Netherlands. This institute began in 1847 at the home of painter Lambertus Hardenberg. Since 1893 the c ...

. In his fifties he was a member of the De Nieuwe Ploeg in Voorburg. In 1961 he received the Jacob Marisprijs given to those members of the Pulchri Studio. His last exhibition was in Pulchri in 1982. Coinciding with the opening of this exhibition was a biography of Van den IJssel in the series ''Het Haags Palet'', written by Saskia Gras.Archipelago Willemspark local newspaper, February 2005 Van den IJssel died in 1983.

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