Painter. He was a Scottish-born painter during the 19th century. He was born in Barley Mill, Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, to James Faed and his wife Mary Mcgeoch Faed on June 8, 1826. His siblings were the famous Scottish artists John Faed (1819-1902), Susan Bell Faed (1827-1909), and James Faed (1821-1911). He was educated locally and received his art education in the school of design in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was elected as an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1849. He then lived with his brother at his residence at 16 Comely Bank in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he worked on his art and his brother worked as an engraver. He was also a member of the famous Edinburgh Smashers Club in Edinburgh, Scotland, which was a drawing club founded in 1848 that included a small group of artists who went on and found national fame and recognition including William Fettes Douglas, William Crawford, James Archer, John Ballantyne, and his brothers Thomas Faed and John Faed. He then moved to London, England, in 1852, and he was elected as an associate of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, England, in 1861. He was made an academician in 1864, and he was elected an honorary member of the Vienna Royal Imperial Academy in Vienna, Austria, in 1875. He retired as an academician in 1893. His many important works of art including his most famous and considered important, "The Last Of The Clan" (1865), are on display at the prestigious Kelvingrove Gallery in Glasgow, Scotland. He produced several versions of this work, including a smaller version now in The Fleming Collection, a large private collection of Scottish art. His other many works including, "The Highland Mother," "Faults On Both Sides," and "The Silken Gown," are on display at the Tate Gallery in London, England. His other works, "The Reaper," and "Highland Mary," are on display at the Aberdeen Art Gallery in Aberdeen, Scotland. His many other works of art include, "The Motherless Bairn," "Scott And His Literary Friends At Abbotsford," "Interior With Figures," "Highland Lassie," "Violets And Primroses," 'Where's My Good Little Girl?" "Spanish Bandits In A Cave," "The Poor, The Poor Man's Friend," "Venus And Cupid," "Alexander Dennistoun Of Golfhill (1790-1874), And Family," "Taking Rest," "The Freedom Of The Press," "A Peasant Family," "Burns And Highland Family," "The Quarrel" (or "What Can A Young Wife Dae Wi'an Auld Man"), "The Cut Foot," "In Time Of War," "Milkmaid," "A Game Of Draughts," "Evangeline," "Maternal Joy," "The Mitherless Bairn," "And With The Burden Of Many Years," "What Shall I Say To Him?" "God's Acre," "The Seamstress," "Ere Care Begins," "A Highland Gypsy," "Sir Walter Scott And His Literary Friends At Abbotsford," "A Runaway Horse," "The Apple Seller," and "Boy With A Hound," and many more. He was considered by many to have done for Scottish art what poet Robert Burns did for Scottish song. He continued to be active in his art and painting pursuits until his death. He was married to Frances Mary Rand Faed (1830-1870), with whom he had one child, a son, the artist John Francis Faed (1859-1904). He passed away in London, England, on August 17, 1900, at the age of 74, and he was buried in Hanwell Cemetery in London, England, where several other famous British personalities are also laid to rest.