Landscape painter in oil, born in Bradford, Yorkshire, studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. Travelled extensively in Europe. Exhibited frequently at RA, also RBA, Goupil Gallery, ROI, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, and widely elsewhere in the provinces. His pictures were reproduced by the Medici Society and Frost & Reed. Priestman is noted for his painterly, rather breezy landscapes. In 1914 Priestman purchased ‘Windy Haugh’ at Walberswick, Suffolk, a house designed by Humphrey Jennings and added a studio in the garden where he tutored pupils, including Edward Seago. After a brief period away at Wharfedale in 1919, he returned to Walberswick where he remained until 1927Priestman’s pictures are in many provincial galleries in Britain, including Liverpool, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester, as well as a large number of overseas holdings. Won a series of international medals and was elected RA, 1923. Lived in Crowborough, Sussex.

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Text source: Artists in Britain Since 1945 by David Buckman