George Mayers is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art. He spent many years in
New York doing illustrations for advertising agencies and most of the major magazines.
His workhas appeared in Time, Colliers, Redbook, Coronet, Life and Fortune. His assignments
often included subjects dealing both the Revolutionalry War and the Civil War. During his
extensive research on these subjects, his interest in history was developed and subsequently
deepened. He continues to work a great deal with historical subject matter. Mayers works
with oil, watercolor and acrylic demonstrating a great facility in each. He has had many one-man
shows and has been the recipient of several awards including the Freedoms Foundation Medal
for a series of paintings on the American Flag that appeared in Coronet in 1951. His work is
included in numerous private collections throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
He has appeared in one-man shows every other year at Newman's Gallery in Phiadelphia,
Pennsylvania in addition to a long list of other gallery showings and exhibitions.