Faed

Faed, JOHN, a Scottish painter, was born in 1820 at Burley Mill, near Gatehouse-of-Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, where his father was an engineer and millwright. His love of art was manifested at an early period, and when hardly entered on his teens he was in the habit of making tours through the villages of Galloway, painting miniatures. In 1841 he went to Edinburgh, where his talents ultimately won recognition; and he was elected an A.R.S.A. in 1847, an R.S.A. in 1851 (he resigned in 1896). His first popular picture was 'The Cruel Sisters' (1851). Since then he has executed, among other works, 'Shakespeare and his Contemporaries,' 'The Cotter's Saturday Night,' and, after settling in London in 1864, 'The Wappenschaw,' 'Tam o' Shanter,' 'Haddon Hall of Old,' 'The Stirrup Cup,' 'John Anderson my Jo,' and 'The Hiring Fair.' In 1880 he returned to Gatehouse-of-Fleet, and his most recent pictures have been chiefly landscapes.