GEORGE DEVLIN RSW, RWS, RGI, FRSA, RBA, ROI
George Devlin studied at Glasgow School of Art 1955-60 where he won the Robert Hart Bursary, Post Diploma, and the Haldane Scholarship. Also won the Chalmers Prize, the Carnegie Travelling Scholarship and Maclaine Watters Medal (R.S.A.). Studied and painted in Greece and Italy, later crossing the Sahara and lived and worked in West Africa. He won a major Arts Council award in 1968 and established his own painting school in 1969, which later relocated to France. In 1972 presented a series of arts programmes for Scottish television and the following year designed set and costumes for the ballet Embers presented by Scottish Ballet. In 1992 he worked in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan leading to later exhibitions in Hong Kong and in Japan. Recent awards include the Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (2004); Scott Moore Prize (RWS 2007); Solsgirth Prize, Lauder Award, Sir Arnold Clark Award and finalist Lynn Painter Stainers 2012. He works regularly in France and Italy and in recent years has worked in North Africa, India and South Africa. 1964 1972 1973 1977 1989 1991
Elected member of Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour Presented series on Art for Scottish Television Designed set and costumes for Embers, presented by Scottish Ballet Elected Chairman of Glasgow League of Artists Elected member of Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Artist in Residence, Dinan, France
George Devlin painting in St Abbs, 1979 1997 1999 2004 2004 2010
Elected President of Glasgow Art Club Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts Elected member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) Elected full member of Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) Elected member of Royal Watercolour Society (RWS)