28th Jan, 2026 15:00
The Scottish Pictures Auction
JOHN FAED RSA (SCOTTISH 1819 - 1902)
SCOTTISH LANDSCAPE
oil on canvas, signed and dated 1887
framed
image size 26cm x 36cm, overall size 44cm x 54cm
Note: As a young boy John Faed displayed exceptional artistic talent as a portraitist. Despite his father’s objections towards a career as an artist, Faed moved to Edinburgh in 1839 to attend the Trustees’ Academy where he studied life drawing and painting. He began to move away from portraiture and painted more landscape and subject pictures. Faed chose scenes from William Shakespeare (1564–1616) and the Bible, but specialised in Scottish subjects such as those popularised by the novels of Sir Walter Scot. He was elected an associate member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1847, and a full member in 1851. In 1857 he spent four months travelling in the Middle East, where he collected numerous props to incorporate into his Eastern and biblical pictures. Apart from this trip and a period in London from 1864-69, Faed remained in Scotland.
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