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Richard Beyer

Richard S. Beyer (1925–2012), also known as Rich Beyer, made figurative public sculptures that used people, animals and humor to tell community stories. His legacy archive documents municipal commissions across Washington, Oregon and other locations. People Waiting for the Interurban, created in 1978 for Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, was his first large multi-figure cast-aluminum sculpture. The archive also records The Traveler in Bend, The Bull in Ellensburg and Sighting Whales on the Edmonds waterfront. These projects relate recognizable gestures and local narratives to gathering places, streets and parks. This is a historical artist reference, not an active-studio listing. The recorded project sites describe the archive’s installation history; current condition, exact placement and rights to reproduce or work with any surviving sculpture require separate confirmation.

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public sculpture, figurative sculpture, cast-metal sculpture
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Documented disciplines include public sculpture, figurative sculpture, cast-metal sculpture.

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