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Sculptor Milton Hebald works mostly in bronze,
but also in plaster, terracotta, and sometimes in wood. His works
are figural with strong diagonal lines and Baroque theatricality.
Hebald is interested in the tradition of sculpture, from its
beginnings in the eastern Mediterranean to the sculpture of Greece
and Rome and the climatic Renaissance and Baroque periods, notably
Bernini. The James Joyce Monument was commissioned by Lee
Nordness, Hebald's dealer, who, like Hebald, was a great admirer
of Joyce. The life-size sculpture marks Joyce's grave in Zurich,
and the portrait is a successful likeness based on old photographs
and the writer's own legacy. The study for the monument (1964)
was cast in an edition of twelve, and the 1966 monument in an
edition of six. Hebald also sculpted other characters from
Ulysses, paying homage to the writer whose work greatly
influenced him. Hebald was born and
reared in New York City. He studied at the School Art League, the
Art Students League, the National Academy of Design, and the
Beaux-Arts Institute, all in New York. During the Depression, he
worked for the WPA. His first one person show in 1937 was held at
the American Artists Congress Gallery, and he exhibited regularly
at the Whitney Museum. In 1955 he won the Prix-de-Rome from the
National Academy and moved to Rome to work at the American
Academy. Hebald is internationally acclaimed and has received
numerous commissions, the most famous being the zodiac group in
the Pan American terminal at New York's Kennedy Airport.
For more information on this
artist, please visit the Milton Hebald official web site at
www.miltonhebald.com.
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