1. Helen Biggar was a Scottish sculptor, filmmaker and theatre designer.
11 Facts About Helen Biggar
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Helen Biggar was politically active in the 1930s, she joined the Communist Party of Great Britain and was one of the filmmakers behind Hell UnLtd, recognised as one of Britain's most important pieces of avant-garde political film.
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Helen Biggar was the niece of John Biggar, Lord Provost of Glasgow between 1941 and 1943.
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Helen Biggar enrolled at the Glasgow School of Art in 1925, at the age of 16, to study textile design, and graduated in 1929.
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Helen Biggar then went on to study sculpture at postgraduate level.
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In 1945, Helen Biggar moved to London, marrying Eli Montlake in 1948.
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Helen Biggar died at St Mary Abbots Hospital, Paddington in London, having suffered a sudden brain haemorrhage,.
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In March 1938, Helen Biggar made a documentary concerning Glasgow's May Day Procession, entitled May Day 1938 or Challenge to Fascism.
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Helen Biggar joined the Glasgow Workers' Theatre Group in 1938, becoming their stage designer.
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Anna Shepherd, Helen Biggar's niece, wrote two accounts of her life.
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In November 2022 Helen Biggar's work featured in the GLEAN exhibition at Edinburgh's City Art Centre of 14 early women photographers working in Scotland.