Aart van den IJssel 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 The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

, Voorburg

Voorburg

Voorburg is a Dutch town and former municipality in the western part of the province of South Holland, the Netherlands. As also Leidschendam and Stompwijk, it is part of the municipality Leidschendam-Voorburg. It has approximately 39,000 inhabitants....

 and several other places in the Netherlands.

Van den IJssel was successively a member of the Pulchri Studio

Pulchri Studio

The Pulchri Studio is an important art institution and art studio based in The Hague, Netherlands. It began in 1847 at the home of painter Lambertus Hardenberg, established with the help of Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Jan Weissenbruch, Willem Roelofs, Jan Frederik van Deventer, Willem Antonie van...

. 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. Van den IJssel died in 1983.