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Power, James - sculptor. Special of statue of St. Bartholomew and Our Lady.
Pictured at studio on Berkeley Rd.
14/04/1958

Acclaimed sculptor dies aged 90
Friday Apr 17 2009

One of Ireland's most respected sculptors has died aged 90.

Dubliner James Power, who dedicated his entire life to art, died suddenly at the Mater Hospital on Monday.

Power sculpted Brendan Behan's death mask and the 1916 memorial on Sarsfield Bridge in Limerick.

Born in 1918, the Phibsborough native was an excellent modeller in clay, plaster, and wax and produced many superb portraits, death masks and genre pieces.

He completed many important public sculptures including the statue of Fr Eugene O'Growney in Athboy, Co Meath, and a well-known statue of Matt Talbot in Dublin.

Among the many portraits he modelled were: Irish national anthem author Peadar Kearney; former President Erskine Childers; and Irish language writer Mairtin O'Cadhain.

He learned sculpture from his father, the master sculptor Albert Power and attended the National College of Art in his teens -- where he studied sculpture under Oliver Sheppard and painting under Sean Keating.

Power joined his father and brothers in their famous sculpture yard, opposite St Joseph's Church, on Berkeley Road, in Phibsborough.

He was a regular exhibitor at the annual RHA and Oireachtas art exhibitions.

He will be remembered as a devoted artist, a true Dubliner and a lively conversationalist.

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/acclaimed-sculptor-of-behans-death-mask-dies-aged-90-1711731.html

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Power, James - sculptor. Special of statue of St. Bartholomew and Our Lady.<br /> Pictured at studio on Berkeley Rd.<br /> 14/04/1958<br /> <br /> Acclaimed sculptor dies aged 90<br /> Friday Apr 17 2009<br /> <br /> One of Ireland's most respected sculptors has died aged 90.<br /> <br /> Dubliner James Power, who dedicated his entire life to art, died suddenly at the Mater Hospital on Monday.<br /> <br /> Power sculpted Brendan Behan's death mask and the 1916 memorial on Sarsfield Bridge in Limerick.<br /> <br /> Born in 1918, the Phibsborough native was an excellent modeller in clay, plaster, and wax and produced many superb portraits, death masks and genre pieces.<br /> <br /> He completed many important public sculptures including the statue of Fr Eugene O'Growney in Athboy, Co Meath, and a well-known statue of Matt Talbot in Dublin.<br /> <br /> Among the many portraits he modelled were: Irish national anthem author Peadar Kearney; former President Erskine Childers; and Irish language writer Mairtin O'Cadhain.<br /> <br /> He learned sculpture from his father, the master sculptor Albert Power and attended the National College of Art in his teens -- where he studied sculpture under Oliver Sheppard and painting under Sean Keating.<br /> <br /> Power joined his father and brothers in their famous sculpture yard, opposite St Joseph's Church, on Berkeley Road, in Phibsborough.<br /> <br /> He was a regular exhibitor at the annual RHA and Oireachtas art exhibitions.<br /> <br /> He will be remembered as a devoted artist, a true Dubliner and a lively conversationalist.<br /> <br /> http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/acclaimed-sculptor-of-behans-death-mask-dies-aged-90-1711731.html