Sculptor, born at Muckart, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, the son of a local church minister. He was educated at Dollar Academy and began his art studies at the Royal Institution, Edinburgh under sculptor Percy Portsmouth in October 1905. The Institution, which in 1909 moved to and became the Edinburgh College of Art, was at that time housed in the building on the Mound, in Edinburgh, that is now occupied by the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1912, after he had taken his Diploma and been awarded the Stuart Prize, he travelled in France and Italy until 1914.

Being a keen horseman he had been in the Lothian and Border Horse for some time and served in WWI with them until 1917 when he was discharged after an accident. He was commissioned in the RAF and served in the Intelligence branch in Italy. After the war he set up a studio in Glasgow and was very successful, winning competitions for War Memorials there and in other cities. His best known work is perhaps the Memorial to the 51st Highland Division at Beaument Hamel in northern France. He was elected an Associate of the RSA in 1920, and in 1925 moved to London where he continued to work and was an active member of the RBS. His best known London commission is the statue of ballerina Pavlova in the London Garden of Remembrance. Paulin also showed at RA and was elected RI in 1935. He died in Wantage, Berkshire and his sister was the artist Jean Wright Ellis.

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^{Biography from Liss Llewellyn}

George Henry Paulin was born in Muckhart, Scotland on 14 August 1888. During his youth, he attracted the interest of the painter, Sholto Johnstone Douglas (1871-1958) who, impressed by his talent as a sculptor and carver, encouraged him to pursue a career as an artist. He subsequently attended Edinburgh College of Art where he trained as a sculptor. After leaving the College in 1912, with the benefit of a travelling scholarship, he went to Paris where he studied for a year at the École des Beaux-Arts. He then spent a period in Rome and in Florence, where he had a studio.

Paulin returned to Britain in 1914 and during World War One served in the Border Horse Regiment and as an observer in the Royal Flying Corps. Following the war, he resumed his career as a sculptor. He was commissioned to design and make numerous war memorials. These included the 51st Highland Division Memorial at Beaumont-Hamel in the Somme and several in Scotland, notable among which were those at Kirkcudbright, Milngavie and Kirkcaldy. Other commissions included a sculpted a bust of a young Queen Elizabeth II for display at the Royal Scottish Academy and a Royal Coat of Arms for the ceiling in St George's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London.

Paulin exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy in London from 1925 to (posthumously) 1963, and Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh from 1909 to (posthumously) 1963. He also exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; Aberdeen Artists' Society; and at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in London. In 1938 he participated in the Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland. A solo exhibition of Paulin's portrait busts was held at Walker's Galleries in New Bond Street 1935.

He was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy (ARSA) in 1920; an Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (ARBS) in 1923; and a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (FRBS) in 1938. He was also a member of the Glasgow Art Club from 1915 to 1960.

During World War Two Paulin worked in a munitions factory. His studio in London was destroyed in the Blitz in the early 1940s.

Paulin's address was given as 11 Polwarth Gardens, Edinburgh in 1909 and 1910; Via Nazionale, Florence in 1913; 158 Bath Lane, North Street, Glasgow in 1917; 187 Bothwell Street, Glasgow in 1919; 14A Woodside Place Lane, Glasgow in 1920 and 1922; 36A Buccleugh Street, Glasgow in 1923 and 1925; 62 Lillie Road West, Brompton, London in 1926 and 1929; 38 Marlborough Hill, St John's Wood, London; and Woronzow Road, St John's Wood, London in 1945 and 1962. He died in Swindon, England on 10 July 1962.

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