Career
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, Voorburg and several other places in the Netherlands. 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.