A sculptor working primarily in bronze but also in plaster, terracotta, and wood, Milton Hebald was known for his figural compositions. He was interested in the roots of sculpture from the eastern Mediterranean tradition through the Renaissance and Baroque periods, especially Bernini of Rome. Of his many large scale commissioned works throughout New York City is perhaps his most famous work of the Zodiac Group, a 220-foot-long bronze in the Pan American Terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport. Hebald was born and raised in New York City, and studied there at the Art Students League (enrolled at the young age of ten), the National Academy of Design, and the Beaux-Arts Institute. During the Depression, he worked for the WPA, and his first one-person show was in 1937 at the American Artists Congress Gallery. He also exhibited regularly at the Whitney Museum, where two of his works are included in their permanent collection. After 1955, he was active in Rome, Italy, when he was awarded the Prix-de-Rome to the American Academy in Rome. Later he moved to Lago di Bracciano until 2004, when he returned to the United States.