Jakov Brdar (born 22 April 1949) is a Slovene

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of Bosnian descent. He is the author of many public statues and sculptures in

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. In 1998, he received the Prešeren Fund Award for the sculpture group ''Pridiga ptičem'' (Sermon to the Birds, 1997). Brdar studied sculpturing on Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. He graduated in the class of professor Dušan Tršar in 1975, and completed specialised study in 1979. He has also lived and worked in

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and

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. Brdar's statues ''Adam and Eve'', ''Satyr'' and ''Prometheus'' are on display at the

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in Ljubljana city centre. His statue of the general

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is visible in the park next to the main bus station in Ljubljana. He also created a statue of "Saint Joseph in the Egipt". The statue stands in front of the

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in Ljubljana-Šentvid. The gallery in

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has his sculpture ''Pegasus'' (1990). In 1990 and 1991, he exhibited at the

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in Berlin.

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