Dirk Bus (5 December 1907 - 10 June 1978 in

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

) was a Dutch sculptor. Bus was educated in sculpture at the

Royal Academy of Art, The Hague The Royal Academy of Art (, KABK) is an art and design academy in The Hague, offering programs at both the Education in the Netherlands, HBO bachelor's and master's levels, as well as PhD programs. Succeeding the ''Haagsche Teeken-Academie'' (pa ...

and

Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school supports ...

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. 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 Korstiaan "Kees" Verkade (12 October 1941 – 29 December 2020) was a Dutch artist and sculptor. He specialized in modeling the human form, with an emphasis on movement and emotion. Most of his sculptures are set in bronze. They depict a variety ...

. Bus was chairman of the

Pulchri Studio Pulchri Studio (Latin language, 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 Netherlandse kunstschil ...

for years and member of the Dutch Society of Sculptors in Amsterdam. He co-founded the artistic group Hague Verve with

Theo Bitter Theodorus (Theo) Bitter (16 December 1916 – 13 February 1994 in The Hague) was a Dutch graphic artist, painter and draftsman. He also made monumental art, designed textiles, and illustrated books. Bitter was educated at the Royal Academy of A ...

. Many of his public works are found in The Hague, with some notable sculptures on Lijnbaan Bridge and around the old town hall.Roger Arts
/ref> Bus' work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''

Onze Kunst van Heden Onze Kunst van Heden (Contemporary Artists/Our Art of Today) was an exhibition held in the winter of 1939 through 1940 at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Due to the threat of invasion in the years leading up to World War II, the Netherlands' g ...

'' (Our Art of Today) at the

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the S ...

in Amsterdam.

Gallery of sculptures in The Hague

File:Denhaag kunstwerk vrouw.jpg, ''Vrouw'' (1965) File:Denhaag monument sweelinck.jpg, ''Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck'' File:Denhaag kunstwerk ezel.jpg, ''Ezel'' File:Denhaag kunstwerk koe.jpg, ''Koe''

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Dutch male sculptors 1907 births 1978 deaths Artists from The Hague 20th-century Dutch sculptors Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni 20th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-sculptor-stub