Laran Bronze

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, Philadelphia, 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]