George Devlin was born in 1937 in Scotland. George Devlin was one of Scotland's most successful 20th century artists with numerous exhibitions in Scotland, throughout the UK and around the world. Corporate collections include: De Beers (South Africa and Switzerland); Robert Fleming Holdings; Dutch Water Board; London Stock Exchange; Arthur Andersen and Co; Scottish Television; Univerities of Leicester, Glasgow and Strathclyde, Essex, Dunbartonshire, Argyll and Tayside; Edinburgh City Collection; Royal Bank of Scotland; Clydesdale Bank; Lloyds TSB; Bank of Scotland; J. O. Hambro; Mason Owen; Dunedin Trust Management; Dunfermline Building Society; Argyll Group; Scottish Friendly Society; United Distillers; Teachers Whisky; Edrington Group and Clan Donald Centre; Cunard (QM2), Dunbartonshire Educational Trust. Private collections include: Sir Tim Rice; Sir James Black; Earl Haig; Lord Maclay; Duke of Bedford and numerous collections in the UK and worldwide. George Devlin passed away in 2014.

George Devlin was born in 1937. Devlin studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1955-1960. He finished his art education with travel working in Greece and Italy and later crossing The Sahara and working in West Africa. George Devlin won a major Scottish Arts Council Award in 1968 and relocated to France the following year, running a painting school in Vetheuil in The Val D'Oise. He held many exhibitions with the Scottish Gallery and has held exhibitions around the world in Hong Kong, Japan, India, South Africa and other countries. He has regularly shown with The Portland gallery in London. He had a retrospective exhibition at The Glasgow Art Club.