George Henry Paulin (1888-1962)

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