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| Attended Phillips Univ., Enid, OK. After graduation, he worked in commercial illustration and taught high school art in Emporia and other Midwestern schools. Brother’s began a master's degree program at the Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence. Lived in Oregon and Washington before
returning to Lawrence in the 1970s.
Exhibitions: World's Fair, 1992; Paris Air Show, 1993; Sculpture in the Park in Loveland, CO. Awards: Akeley Medallion for Excellence, 1987; Kansas Governor’s Art Award, 2003.
Collections: Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln; National Statuary Hall, Washington; VFW Memorial, Kansas City; National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, VA; Hartford (CT) Public Library; Emprise Bank Collection; U.S. Capitol; Lawrence Visitor’s Center, and more. | Source:
SOURCES:
Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
AskART, www.askart.com, accessed Oct. 12, 2007; Lawrence Journal World (Mar. 21, 2004); Art Inventories Cat; Kansas! (3rd issue, 1987). | | This and over 1,750 other biographies can be found in Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian at University of Kansas. |
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| The following biography is based on information provided to AskART.com by Leopold Gallery of Kansas City, Missouri:
Born in Kansas in 1942, Jim Brothers is a figurative sculptor of rare
achievement. He is the sculptor of six monumental bronzes for the National
D-Day Memorial in Virginia and is also the sculptor for the National VFW Memorial in Washington, D.C.
In addition, Jim has executed monuments for the cities of Los Angeles, Hartford, Kansas City and Seville, Spain.
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