Welded Steel

Archive of the Mendocino Heritage Artists

FRAN MOYER: Welded Metals

Bareback Rider

Bareback Rider, by Fran Moyer (1951). Welded steel (45″). Private collection.

Bareback Rider was exhibited in the Art Association Annual Exhibit at the San Francisco Museum (1951).

Torero (3 views).

Torero, welded steel figure by Fran Moyer (1951).  Private collection.
Torero, welded steel figure by Fran Moyer (1951). Private collection.
Torero, welded steel figure by Fran Moyer (1951). Private collection. In 1951, Torero was awarded the 1st prize for sculpture at the Walnut Creek Art Festival,  and was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Label for the exhibition of Fran Moyer’s welded steel sculpture Torero in the American Sculpture 1951 show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Note: “Torero”, a bullfighter, not “Torrero” (sic), a lighthouse keeper.

Toro

Toro, welded steel figure by Fran Moyer (1951). Western Sculpture and Print Annual, Oakland Museum of Art, 1st Morrison Award of $100.00, Gold Medal, and “Guest of Honor” One-Man Show (1952). Private collection.

Toro: sketch

Toro, sketch in welded steel, by Fran Moyer (1952). Private collection.

Toro

Toro by Fran Moyer (1952). Gold metal and welded steel. Private collection.

Bareback Rider

Bareback Rider, welded steel figure by Fran Moyer (45″), 1951. Art Association Annual Exhibit, the San Francisco Museum (1951). Private collection

Hollywood Starlet

Hollywood Starlet, welded steel figure by Fran Moyer (1952). Statlet was awarded 1st prize for sculpture, Richmond Art Center Annual (1952); 3rd prize for sculpture, Walnut Creek Art Festival,(1952); 3rd Prize, San Francisco Annual, San Francisco Museum (1952). Private collection.

Artemis

Artemis, welded steel figure by Fran Moyer (c. 1953). Private collection.

 

Poster for Fran Moyer’s solo sculpture show at the Richmond Art Center, August 22 – September 12, 1953. Fracas (welded steel) is pictured.
Fracas (1953). Welded steel sculpture by Fran Moyer, presaging the world of Game of Thrones. Private collection.

Bard

Bard by Fran Moyer (1960). Welded brass and steel figure (18″ x 9″). Private collection.

MORE WELDED METALWORK:
Stations of the Cross
Other Liturgical Sculpture
Tablets
Tables

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Fran Moyer CV
Artist’s Statement
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