George Devlin
George Devlin studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1955 to 1960. At the G.S.A. he was awarded The Robert Hart Post Diploma Bursary and The Haldane Scholarship. He also won The Chalmers Prize, The Carnegie Travelling Scholarship and The Maclaine Watters Medal (RSA). On leaving art school Devlin studied and painted in Greece and Italy and later crossed the Sahara Desert where he established himself in West Africa.Upon his return the UK he was invited to teach in the painting school at The Glasgow School of Art (1962 – 1968) He was elected a member of The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (R.S.W.) in 1964 aged only 27. He was awarded a major Arts Council Award in 1968 and established his own painting school in 1969, first sited in Scotland, but later relocated to France. In 1972 Devlin presented a series of Art for Scottish Television and the following year designed the set and costumes for the ballet “Embers”, performed by The Scottish Ballet.
In 1972 he was elected Chairman of the Glasgow League of Artists; in 1989 a Member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts; in 1991 Artist in Residence, Dinan; elected President of The Glagsow Art Club in 1997 and elected a Fellow of The Royal Society of the Arts in 1999. In December 2003 Devlin was elected AROI ( Associate of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters).
His paintings hang in numerous private collections throughout the world. He is a distinguished portrait painter and was commissioned in 2000 by The National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, to paint Nobel Prize Winner Professor Sir James Black. He has been commissioned by Cunard to paint works for their new liner QM2.
In recent years Devlin has worked in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, France, Italy, South Africa as well as Ireland and Scotland. He is married to Marie and has a daughter, Nuala. Devlin is a full ROI ( Royal Institute of Oil Painters ) and he is also an RWS member ( Royal Watercolour Society).
1937 Born Glasgow
1955-60 Studied Glasgow School of Art Awarded Robert Hart Bursary, Post Diplomas and the Haldane Scholarship
Studied and painted in Greece and Italy
1969 Established own Painting School after winning major Arts Council
Award in 1968
1972 Presented a series on Art for Scottish Television
1973 Designed set and costumes for a new ballet by Walter Gore for Scottish Ballet
1974 Worked in Paris and Low Countries
1975 Worked in Spain
1977 Worked in Italy
1979 Study Tour of the Netherlands by invitation of the Culturele Raad Limburg
1988 Relocation of Painting School of France
1988-89 Organised "Works on Paper from Scotland" Touring Exhibition in Europe
1991 New York exhibition with Portland Gallery
1991 Artist in Residence, Dinan, France
1992 Visited Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Malaysia
1994 Exhibition in Japan
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1969 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1972 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1984 One Man Show, Paris
1984 Galerie Mondragore, PAris
1988 One Man Show, The Hague
1991 Portland Gallery, London
1992 Robinsons, Singapore
1992 Macaulay Gallery, Stenton
1993 Fosse Gallery, Cheltenham
1994 Portland Gallery, London
1995 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1996 Portland Gallery, London
1997 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1997 Portland Gallery, Hong Kong
1997 Bilcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
1998 Retrospective, Vrijthof, Maastricht
1998 Portland Gallery, London
1999 Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2000 Portland Gallery, London
2001 Fosse Gallery, Stowe-on-the-World
2002 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2002 Portland Gallery, London
2003 Bilcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
2003 The Henshelwood Gallery, Newcastle
2004 Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
1983 Centre d’Arts Contemporaine, Paris
1989 Works on Paper, Holland & Belgium
1989 Four Scottish Artists, New York
1991 Scottish Painting, Hong Kong
1994 European Painting, Tokyo& Kawasaki
1995 International Watercolour, Bilbao
1996 Scottish Painting, Hong Kong
1998 Holland Art Fair, The Hague
1999 Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2001 ‘Devlin & Scouller’, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2002 Bilcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
AWARDS AND PRIZES
1964 Elected Member of the Royal Scottish Painters in Watercolour (RSW)
1977 Elected Chairman of the Glasgow League of Artists
1982 Prize Winner "Images for Today” exhibition
1989 Elected member of The RoyalGlasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
2004 Elected a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters ( ROI)
2007 Elected an associate member of the Royal Watercolour Society
2010 Elected a full member of the Royal Watercolour Society
COLLECTIONS
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Argyll County Council
Argyll Group
Argyll Group plc
Arthur Andersen & Co
Arthur Andersen & Co
Arthur Anderson & Co
City Collection of Dinan (France)
Clan Donald
Clydesdale Bank
De Beers, South Africa
Dumferline Building Society
Dunbartonshire District Council
Dunedin Trust Management
Dunfermline Building
Edinburgh City Collection
Edrington Group
Essex Country Council
Glasgow University
Holdings Ltd
Leicester University
Lillie Art Gallery
Lord Maclay
Mason Owen & Partners
National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Robert Fleming Holdings
Royal Bank of Scotland
Scottish Arts Council
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Scottish Television
Sir William Gray
Strathclyde University
Tayside Regional Council
Teachers Whisky
The Bank of Scotland
The Dutch Water Board
The Earl Haig
The London Stock Exchange
The Scottish Friendly Society
Trustee Savings Bank
United Distillers
United Distillers Co
