Background
PRIESTMAN, Bertram was born in 1868 in Bradford, Yorkshire. Son of Edward Priestman, Bradford.
PRIESTMAN, Bertram was born in 1868 in Bradford, Yorkshire. Son of Edward Priestman, Bradford.
Studied at Friends’ School, Bootham, York.
Came to London, 1888. First exhibited at Royal Academy and Grosvenor Gallery, 1889. Later at all principal London and provincial galleries.
Made member of the New English Club, 1897. Associate of the International Society of Sculptors.Painters, and Gravers, 1900. And member of the Council, 1902.
Honourable Mention, Paris, 1900. Gold Medal Munich International, 1901. Represented in the National collections of New South Wales, Hungary, Bavaria, and Ireland, and in the municipal galleries of Magdeburg, Barcelona, Wellington, N. Z., Wanganui, New Zealand, Liverpool, Bury, Birmingham, Leeds, Bradford, and Cardiff, the Society des Beaux-Arts, Ghent, and the Canterbury Society of Fine Arts, New Zealand.
Exhibitor in America and most of the principal exhibitions in Europe. Landscape Painter.
Royal Institute of Oil Painters.