George Henry Paulin ARSA
Born 14 August 1888
Died 10 July 1962
Active: 1908 - 1959
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor
Born in Clackmannanshire, Paulin studied at Edinburgh College of Art and in Paris, Rome, Naples and Florence, where he set up a studio 1912-14. During the First World War he enlisted first in the army and then, after an injury, Paulin served in the Royal Flying Corps and finally in Royal Naval Air Service.
From 1919 Paulin established a studio in Glasgow. He made a number of war memorials and also created many portraits. In 1935 Paulin had a one-person show at Walker's Galleries in New Bond Street, entitled 'An exhibition of busts of well-known and contemporary artists' (June 12th to 25th). The show comprised twenty-four full-sized busts, and eight small-scale ones, plus five groups illustrating the 'Pied Piper of Hamelin'. Amongst his subjects were the sculptor Sir William Reid Dick and the architect Thomas Tait. Paulin died in Swindon, Wiltshire and probate was sealed.
The information about the exhibition at Walker's Galleries was submitted by Steve Parlanti.
Probate date: 20 November 1962
Works
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Nimrod
1931 (Circa)
Kanici Takeoka
1933
Psyche
1938
The Venturers
1938
Locations
Address 11 Polwarth Gardens Edinburgh | View on map
1909 (Circa) - 1910 (Circa)
Address 20 Via Nazionale Florence | View on map
1913 (Circa)
Address 158 Bath Lane North Street Glasgow | View on map
1917 (Circa)
Address 187 Bothwell Street Glasgow | View on map
1919 (Circa)
Address 14A Woodside Place Lane Glasgow | View on map
1920 (Circa) - 1922 (Circa)
Address 36A Buccleugh Street Glasgow | View on map
1923 (Circa) - 1925 (Circa)
Address 62 Lillie Road West Brompton London | View on map
1926 (Circa) - 1929 (Circa)
Address 28 Marlborough Hill St. John's Wood London | View on map
1930 (Circa) - 1940
House number also given as 38
Address 38 Marlborough Hill St John's Wood London | View on map
1930 (Circa) - 1939 (Circa)
Address 25 Woronzow Road St John's Wood London | View on map
1945 (Circa) - 1963 (Circa)
Later address: Watchfield House, Watchfield, Swindon, Wiltshire.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1933
'Kanici Takeoka'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1931
'Nimrod'
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1909 - 1963
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 39 times: 1909 (1 work), 1910 (1 work), 1913 (3 works), 1917 (2 works), 1919 (2 works), 1920 (5 works), 1921 (2 works), 1922 (2 works), 1923 (3 works), 1924 (3 works), 1925 (1 work), 1926 (2 works), 1927 (3 works), 1928 (2 works), 1929 (2 works), 1930 (3 works), 1931 (3 works), 1932 (1 work), 1933 (3 works), 1934 (3 works), 1935 (2 works), 1936 (3 works), 1937 (3 works), 1938 (3 works), 1939 (3 works), 1945 (1 work), 1946 (3 works), 1947 (2 works), 1948 (1 work), 1949 (1 work), 1950 (2 works), 1951 (2 works), 1952 (1 work), 1953 (2 works), 1954 (1 work), 1955 (3 works), 1957 (1 work), 1958 (2 works) and 1963 (3 works).
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1915 - 1959
Exhibited 37 times (an average of 3 works per show)
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1925 (Circa) - 1959
Exhibited 23 times (3 times post-1951 and work also shown posthumously in 1963), showed an average of two works per year.
Exhibited at Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland, 1938
1938
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
6 December 1927 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Elected ARSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1920
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1938 - 1946
Fellow from 1938 to 1940, and then left due to war circumstances. Rejoined 1946.
Member of council Royal Society of British Sculptors
2 April 1935 - 1950
Served as a member of the Council from 1935 to 1936, and from 1950.
Professional member of The Glasgow Art Club
1915 (Circa) - 1960 (Circa)
Received award from The Edinburgh College of Art
1910
p. 24
Passed the Standard Diploma with Qualifying certificates in other sections still to complete
Rejoined Royal Society of British Sculptors
1945 - 1959
Rejoined as Associate in 1945 and was then Fellow from 1946-1959.
Studied at The Edinburgh College of Art
1908 (Circa) - 1910 (Circa)
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominator of Charles D'Orville Pilkington Jackson
1951
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, on the occasion of the 500th Council Meeting of the RSBS
Studied under Percival (Percy) Herbert Portsmouth
1908 (Circa) - 1910 (Circa)
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors The London Directory, 1930 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Listed under Sculptors The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1920-1921 Ninety-Third Annual Publication
Sources
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Twenty-first Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1931
November 1931
p. 61
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Palace of Arts
Empire Exhibition
Scotland
1938
The Fine Art Section of the Empire Exhibition
1938
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, for the Year Ending 31 December 1950, to be Presented at the Forty-Seventh Annual General Meeting, 1951
February 1951
p. 2.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, for the Year Ending 31 December 1951, to be Presented at the Forty-Eighth Annual General Meeting, 1952
February 1952
p. 2.
The Art of Carved Sculpture: Central and Northern Europe
1931
p. 100
The Edinburgh College of Art Report by the Board of Management for the session 1909 -1910
1910
p. 24
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1920-1921 Ninety-Third Annual Publication
1920
p.1442
The London Directory, 1930 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1930
p.1354
Citing this record
'George Henry Paulin ARSA', 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=msib6_1208856736, accessed 30 Sep 2023]