Eli (Elijah) D. Montlake
Born 15 December 1923
Died 11 August 1992
Active: 1943 - 1992
Country of birth: Scotland
Country of death: Spain
Painter, draftsman, sculptor
Born in Glasgow. He was the son of Wolf Mundlak, known as Willie Montlake, who worked in a clothing business and came from Novy Dwor in Poland. Eli was primarily a painter and draughtsman though he did make one or two pieces of sculpture. He was close friends with the artists Robert Frame and Helen Biggar (sculptor and film-maker) - all three shared a studio in London during the mid-1940s. Helen and Eli were married in 1948. A year after Helen's death in 1953 Eli left the UK for Ibiza in Spain and never returned. He is buried in Ibiza.
This record includes information submitted by Judith Mundlak Taylor, who is a cousin of Eli's, and from Anna Shepherd, 'Helen Unlimited: a Little Biggar', Billie Love Historical Collection, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 2014 (ISBN 978-0-9518410-7-5).
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1943
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1943 (1 work)
Citing this record
'Eli (Elijah) D. Montlake', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib1_1267442940, accessed 08 Jun 2023]
