Dirk Bus
Dutch sculptor
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| Intro | Dutch sculptor | |
| Places | Netherlands | |
| was | Artist Sculptor | |
| Work field | Arts | |
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| Birth | 5 December 1907, The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
| Death | 10 June 1978The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (aged 70 years) | |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
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Biography
Dirk Bus (December 5, 1907 - June 10, 1978 in The Hague) was a Dutch sculptor.
Bus was educated in sculpture at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague and Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. He was a student of Bon Ingen-Housz and Jan Bronner. He then taught sculpture at the Art Academy and the Hague Academy. One of his most famous pupils was the sculptor Kees Verkade.
Bus was chairman of the Pulchri Studio for years and member of the Dutch Society of Sculptors in Amsterdam. He co-founded the artistic group Hague Verve with Theo Bitter. Many of his public works are found in The Hague, with some notable sculptures on Lijnbaan Bridge and around the old town hall.
Gallery of sculptures in The Hague
Vrouw (1965),
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Ezel
Koe