Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Thomas Faed (1826-1900), Genre painter
- Gallery portraits
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- Biography and References
Painter; born 8 June 1826, in Kirkcudbrightshire; his older brothers John and James were also artists. Trained in Edinburgh; after early success in Scotland, moved to London 1852, becoming a prolific and wealthy painter; elected ARA 1861; hon. member Royal Scottish Academy 1862; RA 1864; died 17 August 1900, in London.
Faed was a specialist in sentimental genre scenes from Scottish rural life and literature. His best-known works are The Mitherless Bairn (1855, NG Victoria, Melbourne and Smith AG, Halifax) and The Last of the Clan (1865, Glasgow M.). ‘No other [artist] has told domestic stories upon canvas so often and so well; and his popularity proves how thoroughly he is in harmony with the temper of his time’.[1]
Faed is described as tall and handsome, with a military-style bearing and social talents as a raconteur.[2]
Dr Jan Marsh
Faed was a specialist in sentimental genre scenes from Scottish rural life and literature. His best-known works are The Mitherless Bairn (1855, NG Victoria, Melbourne and Smith AG, Halifax) and The Last of the Clan (1865, Glasgow M.). ‘No other [artist] has told domestic stories upon canvas so often and so well; and his popularity proves how thoroughly he is in harmony with the temper of his time’.[1]
Faed is described as tall and handsome, with a military-style bearing and social talents as a raconteur.[2]
Dr Jan Marsh
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