Background
Alfred Leyman was born on 27 September 1856 in Exeter, Devon, England, the only son of John Francis, an artist and later a photographer, and Mary Ann Leyman.
Alfred Leyman was born on 27 September 1856 in Exeter, Devon, England, the only son of John Francis, an artist and later a photographer, and Mary Ann Leyman.
Leyman moved to Honiton in about 1888 and went on to become a teacher of art at Allhallows School, Honiton in 1893, a position he held until his death. Leyman did not nationally exhibit his work but did show his paintings locally, at the Annual Devon and Exeter Exhibition held at Elands Art Gallery in 1906 he displayed 16 of his pictures. He concentrated on land and seascapes but was known to have drafted portraits as well as many other scenes from Devonian life as well as a few rare examples of scenery from Dorset and Somerset.
Leyman died in Honiton in 1933 aged 76.