Laran Bronze
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Laran Bronze is a fine art foundry in Chester, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1984 by Larry and Randy Welker in facilities built for the city's once-booming shipbuilding industry, the foundry has cast many monumental and significant sculptures, including many of the bronze components of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.[1][2] In 1985 or 1986, the foundry cast replicas of the hands of painter Andrew Wyeth; in 2019, one of these replicas sold at auction, along with a Wyeth painting, for $490,230.[3]
The components cast at Laran for the WWII Memorial include four 18-foot columns, eight eagles with 10- to 12-foot wingspans, two 10-foot wreaths, and 24 plaques.[1]
Other works cast at Laran Bronze include:
- Holodomor Memorial, Washington, D.C.[4]
- Keys to Community, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[5]
- Gregor Mendel, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
- The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Memorial, Arlington, Virginia[6]
- Brigadier-General John Gibbon statue, Gettysburg battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Sculptures on the Square, Charlotte, North Carolina[7]
- Gem of the Lakes, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois[1]
