Khalid Iqbal

Khalid Iqbal (23 June 1929 19 June 2014) was a Pakistani painter, art teacher and professor emeritus, is widely recognized for landscape paintings as well as his natural forms paintings and portraits of Punjab, Pakistan.

The recipient of national awards such as the Pride of Performance and Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam, he is sometimes referred to in the Pakistani media as "father of landscape painting".

Biography He was born on 23 June 1929 in British India (in modern-day Simla, India).

Following the tenure of Shakir Ali, Iqbal also served as principal of National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore for 15 years till 1980. In 1993, he was honored with the Chair of Professor Emeritus at the National College of Arts.

Awards and recognition Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam (Medal of Quaid-e-Azam) by the Government of Pakistan for his contributions to painting in 1977. Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1980.

Death and legacy He suffered health complications and was subsequently admitted to the Ittefaq Hospital, at Model Town, Lahore and died of pneumonia on 14 June 2014.

His funeral was attended by some of his pupils and fellow painters including Nayyar Ali Dada, Saeed Akhtar, Ajaz Anwar and noted Pakistani news media personality Mustansar Hussain Tarar.