Khalid Iqbal

Forman Christian College Oriental College Slade School of Fine Art Khalid Iqbal (23 June 1929 – 19 June 2014) was a Pakistani painter, art teacher and professor emeritus, appears known 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".

[1] He attended St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun where he obtained his O levels education.

[1][4] He had also served as principal of National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore following the removal of Shakir Ali, for 15 years till 1980.

[1] 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.