George Duncan MacDougald was born in Newport, Fife, Scotland in c.1880 [1] and may have begun his art studies in Glasgow before moving to London where he attended the Royal Academy Schools. In 1905 he He subsequently worked as a sculptor, painter and medallist from c.1906 onwards. During World War One he served in the London Scottish regiment and from 1916 in the camouflage section of the Royal Engineers.

Between 1910 and 1936 he exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh; Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; and at the Royal Academy in London. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1909.

He died in 1942. His death was registered in Hampstead, Middlesex [now London]
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[1] His age was given as 21 in 1901.