James Joseph Power (4 May 1918 in Phibsborough, Dublin – 13 April 2009 in Dublin) was an Irish sculptor, who like his sister May Power (1903-1993) learnt from his father Albert Power (1881-1945). He is known for sculpting (in 1956) the 1916 memorial on Sarsfield Bridge in Limerick. Like his father, he was often called upon to do death masks, and did so for Brendan Behan in 1964.
The entire family (including several brothers) worked in their celebrated sculpture yard on Berkeley Road, in Phibsborough.Acclaimed sculptor of Behan's death mask dies aged 90 by Denise Clarke, Irish Independent April 17, 2009
Career James Power studied sculpture under Oliver Sheppard and painting under Sean Keating at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.
His numerous portraits and statues of notatable people include Irish president Erskine Childers,Erskine Childers: St. Patrick's Cathedral Ireland Statues - Hither & Thither American president John F. Kennedy,James Power's bronze bust of President Kennedy Our Irish Heritage Irish language writer Mairtin O'Cadhain, Irish ascetic Matt Talbot,'Matt Talbot' (1988) by James Power Dublin City Council: Public Art' Father Eugene O'Growney and Irish national anthem composer Peadar Kearney.Fr O"Growney statue sculptor James Power dies, aged 90, Meath Chronicle, 22 Apr 2009
His works were included in the Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition in 1941 and 1942Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue: James Power Mapping Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951 and he was a frequent exhibitor at the Oireachtas na Gaeilge.
In 1956, after several delays he finished sculpting the 1916 memorial in Limerick from a design first proposed in 1936 by his father Albert.
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