Thomas Faed (1826 1900) Scottish painter

Thomas Faed (18261900), Genre painter While still a student Faed was a successful exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy annual exhibitions and in recognition of this he was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy at the young age of twentythree. He moved to London three years later, where he had much success as a domestic genre painter. His 1855 painting, The Mitherless Bairn, portraying an orphan child being taken in by poor cottagers, was a great success in its day, appealing as it did to Victorian sentimentality. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1861, and was elevated to the rank of Academician in 1864 Thomas Faed RSA (18261900) was a Scottish painter who is saidby whom to have done for Scottish art what Robert Burns did for Scottish song. Music: Auld Lang Syne: Traditionlis melody Robert Burns