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Jim Brothers

American sculptor (1941–2013)

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Jim Brothers (August 15, 1941 – August 20, 2013) was an American figurative sculptor from the U.S. state of Kansas. He died at the age of 72 at his home in Lawrence, Kansas, where he had received hospice care for cancer. His wife Kathy said he completed his final piece, a tribute to William Inge, "literally days before he died."

Six bronzes for the National D-Day Memorial (including Across The Beach, Death On The Shore, Scaling The Heights) in Bedford, Virginia

Works at the National VFW Memorial (including Citizen Soldier) in Washington D.C.

Mark Twain life-size in Hartford, Connecticut.

Dwight D. Eisenhower life-size in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington D.C.

Omar Bradley life-size in Moberly, MO.

Flight at GE Aircraft in St. Louis, Missouri

Veterans at VFW Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas Promise at Cedar Crest in Topeka, Kansas

Protector of the Plains a bust of Paschal Fish, the founder of Eudora, Kansas.

From The Ashes at The Lawrence Visitors Center in Lawrence, Kansas

Homage at Gage Park in Topeka, Kansas

John Brown Jayhawk private collection in Lawrence, Kansas

Bust of Chief Red Cloud in the Nebraska Hall of Fame

Spirit of the CCC to commemorate the Civilian Conservation Corps

Jim Brothers at The Leopold Gallery

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