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While notably a New Yorker, the past fifty years
Hebald has lived and worked near Rome, in Bracciano, Italy since winning the Prix de Rome
at the American Academy in Rome in 1953. His first shows of wood and plaster figurative works
was in 1938 in New York City at the ACA Galleries. He has been represented by the Harmon-Meek
Gallery since 1969 and has had eight solo exhibitions since 1978.
In 1961 Pan Am commissioned Hebald to create a “Zodiac Screen” for their new terminal at
Kennedy Airport, which at 220’ was the largest sculpture in the world. The twelve large
bronzes are currently owned by the New York Transit Authority awaiting use on a future building
of their choice. His 7 ½’ “Romeo & Juliet” bronze stands in front of the Delacourt Shakespeare
Theatre in New York’s Central Park along with another of his larger bronzes “The Tempest”.
Other casts (of six) of “Romeo & Juliet” are in front of Barbara B. Mann Concert Hall in Ft.
Myers, FL, and the Philharmonic Center for the Arts/Naples Museum of Art, in FL.
Another famous Hebald bronze “Dancing Family”
(ed.of 6) is owned and in front of the Hyde Collection in Lake George, NY; Dellora Norris Arts
Center in St. Charles,IL; the Jewish Community Art Center in Rockville, MD; and the Children’s
Zoo in Ft. Wayne, IN. Other museums which own works by Heabld include the Whitney; Tel Aviv Mus.-
Israel;Vir.MFA; PA Aca. Of Fine Arts; Wustum Mus.-Racine,WI; Phila.Mus of Art;UCLA and
thirty others around the world.
in 1976
Milton Hebald has been working more in the terra
cotta and wood medium during the past seven years as the cost of bronze has increased
significantly. Nearly 80 of his works were stolen out of his studio in 2001 and the Italian
Police and Interpol are still tracking leads.
His style is contemporary baroque often using swirling
articles of clothing or veils around nude male and female forms in repose, dancing, or embracing.
Almost all of his bronzes have been created in editions of 10 or fewer.
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