Faed, Thomas (1826-1900) - 1865 Ere Care Begins (Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Oil on canvas; 60.5 x 75.0 cm.
Tom Faed was born in Kirkudbrightshire, Scotland in 1826, the son of James Faed, a Millwright. He was educated at the School of Design Edinburgh, and became an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1849. In 1852 he moved to London, where he became rapidly successful - he was also very handsome. Faed became ARA in 1859 and RA in 1864. He was best known as a painter of genre, his pictures including The Motherless Bairn, Home and The Homeless, From Dawn to Sunset, and The Last of the Clan. Genre with a Scottish lilt and a strong element of pathos. Faed lived in St John’s Wood, and was a member of the Athenaeum Club. In the early 1890s Tom Faed’s sight began to fail, and he became a retired RA in 1894, which allowed him the privileges of an Academician without the obligations, and the Academy to elect another RA.
Faed, Thomas (1826-1900) - 1865 Ere Care Begins (Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Oil on canvas; 60.5 x 75.0 cm.
Tom Faed was born in Kirkudbrightshire, Scotland in 1826, the son of James Faed, a Millwright. He was educated at the School of Design Edinburgh, and became an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1849. In 1852 he moved to London, where he became rapidly successful - he was also very handsome. Faed became ARA in 1859 and RA in 1864. He was best known as a painter of genre, his pictures including The Motherless Bairn, Home and The Homeless, From Dawn to Sunset, and The Last of the Clan. Genre with a Scottish lilt and a strong element of pathos. Faed lived in St John’s Wood, and was a member of the Athenaeum Club. In the early 1890s Tom Faed’s sight began to fail, and he became a retired RA in 1894, which allowed him the privileges of an Academician without the obligations, and the Academy to elect another RA.