Abdul Qadir Al Rassam, عبد القادر الرسام), 1952 - 1882), was born in Baghdad, Ottoman Empire.

Carpet Ghazi recalled visiting the artist with his father in the 1930s:[6] "His house was medium and large and consisted of two layers.

The most important thing that drew attention was a painting on the wall facing the ladder to a soldier who clutched his sword and was placed in the staircase opposite the painting, Whenever a man goes up to the staircase, he is frightened and fanciful, imagining that the soldier with the sword and his sword is a real guard, a trick prepared by the painter to frighten the thieves... Abdul Qadir was a fine-grained man dressed in a straw hat and then replaced by a Faisaliah and put on white glasses.

[9] He was the first local artist to offer painting lessons in his studio, and many modern Iraqi painters began their careers by studying with him.

[10] He became a major figure among the first generation of modern Iraqi artists and was a founding member of the Art Friends Society (AFS, Jami’yat Asdiqa’ al-Fen).

[12] He was also the first modern Iraqi artist to paint a mural in a public building - at the entrance to the Cinema Royal in Baghdad.