Thomas faed biography

Scottish painter (1825–1900)

Thomas FaedRSA (1825–1900) was a Scottish painter who is said^{[by whom?]} to have done for Scottish art what Robert Burns did for Scottish song.^[1]

Life

Faed was born on 8 June 1825 at Barlay Mill^[2] in Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, and was the brother of the artists James Faed, John Faed and Susan Faed.^[3]

He received his art education in the school of design, Edinburgh and was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1849.

He went 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.^[4]

In 1850 he was living at 16 Comely Bank in north Edinburgh with his brother James Faed, an engraver.^[5] During his time in Edinburgh he was a member of the Edinburgh Smashers Club alongside Wi