Jakov Brdar (born 22 April 1949) is a
Slovenesculptor of
Bosnian descent. He is the author of many public statues and sculptures in
Ljubljana. In 1998, he received the
Prešeren Fund Award for the sculpture group Pridiga ptičem (Sermon to the Birds, 1997).
Brdar's statues Adam and Eve, Satyr and Prometheus are on display at the
Butchers' Bridge in Ljubljana city centre.[2] His statue of the general
Rudolf Maister 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
St. Stanislaus Institute in Ljubljana-Šentvid. The gallery in
Piran has his sculpture Pegasus (1990). In 1990 and 1991, he exhibited at the
Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
See also
Mirsad Begić (born 1953), a Bosnian sculptor living in Ljubljana
Slobodan Pejić (1944–2006), a Bosnian sculptor who lived in Ljubljana