George Horace Davis (1881 - 1963; London, UK)
George Horace Davis was a British artist who was born in London and studied at Ealing School of Art. He served in the Royal Flying Corps during the first World War.

G H Davis has been called one of the most prolific artists of all time, despite this, it is extremely rare to come across his artwork for sale as it rarely leaves the collections of his admirers.

He was for a time staff artist on the publications Graphic and Sphere and in 1923 became chief staff artist on the Illustrated London News. During World War I he was head of aerial diagrams for the Royal Flying Corps and an Official War Artist. Davis wrote many articles connected with marine illustration and was very prolific as an illustrator, famous for his diagrammatic drawings and cut-away cross-sections of ships and new inventions.

His drawings are very detailed and produced in pencil, black ink and grisaille with very occasional colour work. Much of his art was used to publicise new models of car on the market. He was a member of RSMA and a founder-member of the Society of Aviation Artists. Showed at RA, Imperial War Museum which holds his work and elsewhere. Lived in Ewell, Surrey, then latterly in Brighton, Sussex.

His art first appeared in the Illustrated London News in July 1923 and he worked for them until his death 40 years later.