Thomas Faed

Thomas Faed (June 8 1826 – August 17 1900) was a Scottish painter born in Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, and was the brother of John Faed.

He received his art education in the school of design, Edinburgh and was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1849. He came to London three years later, was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1861, and academician in 1864, and retired in 1893. He had much success as a painter of domestic genre, and had considerable executive capacity.

Three of his pictures, "The Silken Gown", "Faults on Both Sides", and "The Highland Mother" are in the Tate Gallery and a further two, "Highland Mary" and "The Reaper" hang in the Aberdeen Art Gallery. "The Last of the Clan", completed in 1865 and arguably his best known work, is in the Kelvingrove Gallery in Glasgow. [ [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst1545.html "Thomas Faed: 1826 - 1900"] Scotgaz. Retrieved 6 May 2008.] He died in London in 1900.

References

*1911The book "THE FAEDS" by Mary McKerrow published 1982 provides much information on Thomas Faed and the other Faed artists. It also contains many photographs of the artist's paintings.This is out of print but may be found in libraries.

External links

* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/faed_thomas.html Thomas Faed at artcyclopedia.com]
* [http://www.phryne.com/artists/58-48-54.HTM Phryne's list of paintings in accessible collections in the UK]