Legendary landscape artist Khalid Iqbal died here on Thursday after a long illness. He was 85.
After word about his death got around, a number of art luminaries went to his residence in Model Town to attend his funeral. Among them were his pupils like Zulqarnain Haider, Shahid Jalal, Dr Ajaz Anwar, Nayyar Ali Dada and Saeed Akhtar.
According to the family he was suffering from pneumonia and was admitted to Ittefaq Hospital four days ago after complications. He died at his home around 4am on Thursday.
Khalid Iqbal was born on June 23, 1929, at Simla, India. He did his O levels from St Joseph’s Academy, Dehradun, India. In 1948 he took art classes from Sheikh Ahmed, husband of eminent artist Ana Molka Ahmed.
Mr Iqbal earned his bachelor’s degree from Forman Christian College in 1949. In 1952, he did a diploma in French from the Oriental College, Lahore and then joined Aitchison College as an art teacher.
