Michael Biggs (sculptor)

Michael Biggs (26 August 1928 – 1993) was an Irish sculptor,[1] stone carver and letterist of English extraction.

[7][5] He attended an artist's community in Ditchling, Sussex, founded by Eric Gill, and Biggs became well known as a carver, letterist and engraver.

[10] Inscription stones at Ballintober Abbey, Co. Mayo after the restoration by Percy Le Clerc in 1968 were carved by Biggs.

The care he took with this commission is outlined in the Le Clerc Collection Ms. 10049, in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

[11] Biggs was married to Frances Dooly, a violinist, artist, and designer of stained-glass and tapestries; they had five children.