Biggs, Electra Waggoner

BIGGS, Electra Waggoner (1912-2001) sculptor, Vernon, Texas.
Married name: Mrs. John Biggs.
  Born Fort Worth, Texas, 8 November 1912.
  Surely one of the most colorful of all the artists listed in this
  directory. Her male ancestors included Dan Waggoner, an
  early cattle rancher in northern Texas, his son, W.T.
  Waggoner, who acquired more land and herds until he
  owned more than half a million acres and built a major
  business of cattle, farming, horses and oil.

  Daughter, Electra Waggoner, inherited much of the W.T.
  Waggoner estate and became an accomplished sculptor.
  Amon G. Carter commissioned her, in 1935, to prepare
  an equestrian statue of his friend Will Rogers astride
  his horse, Soapsuds. Also as a sculptor, she prepared the
  models for the emblems and medals listed below, all
  produced for her by Medallic Art Company.

  Electra Texas (Wichita county) named after her mother.
  Daughter has a building named for her at Vernon College,
  but most interesting, the Buick Electra was named after her
  (through her husband's brother-in-law, a president of Buick
  Motors). She was also the subject of a book: Electra II:
  Electra Waggoner Biggs, Socialite, Sculptor, Ranch Heiress
     (by Roze McCoy Porter, published 1995).

  Medallic Art made 65 portrait galvanos of immediate family,
  friends and relatives of this artist.

  Signed models EW monogram.
  Died Vernon, Texas, 23 April 2001.

  M   E   D   A   L   S

1938 Phillips Medallet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1938-043
1938 Bowman (Electra Waggoner) Medal . MAco 1938-044
1938 Woman's Head With Curls Medalet . .MAco 1938-045
1938 Boy's Head Medallet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1938-046
1938 McConnel Child Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1938-047
1938 Male Profile (Mr. Odlum) Medal . . . MAco 1938-048
1938 Soldier Boy (Amon Carter Junior)
  Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1938-049
1938 Soldier Boy Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1938-051
1938 McConnel Child Medal . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1938-052
1939 Carter (Ruth) Portrait Medal . . . . . . . MAco 1939-043
1939 Carter (Mrs. Amon) Portrait Medal .MAco 1939-054
1939 Rogers (Will) Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1939-057
1939 Waggoner (Electra) Self-Portrait
  Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MA 1939-058
1939 Ennis Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1939-059
1939 Carter (Male Portrait) Medal . . . . . . MAco 1939-060
1939 Kemps (The) Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1939-062
1939 Alice Louise Medal (Girl With Curls) . MAco 1939-063
1939 Carter (Ruth) Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAco 1939-067
1940 Little Girl Medal   1940-042
1940 Self-Portrait Medal   1940-043
1940 Biggs (Male Profile) Medal 1940-044
1940 Two Children Medal 1940-045
1940 Lila Buck (Woman's Head) Medal 1940-046
1940 Graham (Billy) Boy's Head Medal 1940-047
1940 Kirkland (William) Medal 1940-048
1940 Kirkland (Baby Davis) Medal 1940-049
1940 Wrangell (Male Porrait) Medal 1940-050
1940 Cushman (Arthur) Medal 1940-051
1940 Cushman (Amanda) Woman's Head Medal 1940-052
1940 Weiss (Male Profile) (Dr. Weiss) Medal 1940-053
1940 Cushman (Mrs.) Medal 1940-054
1941 Hoffman (G.T.) Medal 1941-048
1941 Pryor (Carson) Medal 1941-049
1941 Gahagan (Fritzie) Medal 1941-050
1941 Gahagan (Federick) Medal 1941-051
1941 Weinman (Orville) Medal 1941-052
1943 Reynolds III Medal 1943-020
1943 Reynolds (William) Medal 1943-021
1944 Halliday (Heller) Medal 1944-043
1944 Reynolds (Lieutenant) Medal 1944-044
1944 Lupto (Elsie) Gold Medallion 1944-045
1944 Waggoner (Electra as a Child) Medal 1944-046
1944 Robinson (Francis) Medal 1944-047
1946 Gray (Robert Daniel) Medal 1946-034
1946 Gray (Bowman III) Medal 1946-035
1946 Gray (Frank Christian) Medal 1946-036
1946 McComas (Major E.W.) Medal 1946-037
1946 Gray (Lyons) Medal 1946-038
1946 Curtis (Frazier) Medal 1946-039
1946 Robinson (Mrs. James Junior) Medal 1946-040
1946 Kirkland (Mrs William Junior) Medal 1946-042
1946 Electra III Medalet 1946-043

1946 Zieglet (William and Mrs) Medal 1946-046
1948 Chrysler (Johnny) Medal 1948-0335
1948 Electra Junior Age 3 Medal 1948-036
1948 Helen Age 1 Medal 1948-037
1948 Smith (Peter) Medal 1948-038
1948 Kent (Billy) Medal 1948-039
1949 Lewis (Marie) Medal 1949-039
1949 Cushman (Amanda) Medal 1949-040
1949 Wallace (Asa) Portrait of Lady Facing Left 1949-041

1950 Martin (Mary) Medalet 1950-034
1951 Lupton (C.A.) Portrait Medal 1951-086
1951 Portrait of a Woman Facing Left Medal 1951-087

1954 Robinson (Josephine) Medalet 1954-092
1956 Durham (Mrs) Medal 1956-105
1956 Biggs (Helen) Medal 1956-106
1956 Biggs (Electra) Medal 1956-107
1957 Goodrich (Mrs C.R.) Medal 1957-117
1957 Kirkland (David) Medal 1957-118
1957 Kirkland (William) Medal 1957-119
1958 Fitzsimmons (Sonny) Medalette 1958-097
1958 Broaday (Mary Margaret) Medal 1958-098
1958 Biggs (Linda W.) Lockett 1958-106
1958 Licht (George A.) Medalet 1958-107
1961 Fitzsimmons (Joseph) Medal   1961-107
1964 Biggs (Electra) Debutant Medal 1964 -136
1966 Biggs (Helen) Medal 1966-145

1969 Meeker (Windi) Medal 1969-110
1969 Brown (Amanda) Medal 1969-186

1973 Essex (Lee) Medal 1973-033

1973 Masterson (Harris) Medal 1973-098

1973 Seeligson (Martha) Medal 1973-194-001

1973 Seeligson (Frates) Medal 1973-194-002

1973 Seeligson (Roxanne) Medal 1973-194-003

1974 Mariotti (Didi) Medal 1974-051

1974 Santa Rosa Ranch Roadrunner Medal 1974-094

  B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S

A17 {1974} Broder.
101 {1987} National Museum of Women in The Arts; Catalog of Permanent Collections.
101 {1995} Porter (Roze McCoy) Electra II: Electra Waggoner Biggs, Socialite,
  Sculptor, Ranch Heiress. Vernon TX: Red River Valley Museum (1995) 399 pages, illus.