George Biles (1 July 1900 – 7 December 1987)[1] was a British sign painter and lettering artist who worked in Bridport, Dorset, in South West England.
[2][3] Biles ran a signpainting business in Bridport from 1924 to a few days before his death aged 87, and painted a large number of pub signs, murals, theatre backcloths, charters and other work.
[7][8][9][10][11] After his death, one of his main clients, the Bridport brewery Palmers, preserved 65 of his signs in storage and his friend and fellow signpainter Ken Allen saved the contents of his studio, meaning that his career is well documented.
[6] Whipple and Anderson, who profiled him in a book on pubs, commented that he used "a delicate, subdued style...his signs often contain subtle ocean blues and carefully executed grey or cloudy skies".
[15][16] A 1932 profile covering his Electric Palace murals commented that he used "pastoral scenes painted in pastel shades".