The Reaper

Artist Thomas Faed (Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland, 1826 - 1900)

Date1863

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 80.3 cm, Width: 52 cm
Frame: Height: 100.3 cm, Width: 69.5 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1930 with income from the Webster Bequest.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG002217

Keywords

About MeFaed painted a number of versions of this subject. In this particular painting the landscape setting has a notable immediacy and veracity and despite Faed's remarkable visual memory and powers of invention, we assume that he employed some means of direct observation, perhaps in the form of a watercolour sketch.

The central female figure bears a physical resemblance to the model who appears elsewhere in Faed's work - Susan Faed, the artist's sister. Faed has not been able to dispel entirely the interior studio lighting which models the human form. As a result, the figure stands somewhat uncomfortably in the fresh, open air landscape.

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Thomas Faed and his brothers, John and James, made a substantial contribution to Scottish painting through their scenes from Scottish history and contemporary domestic life.