Zulqarnain Haidar is a well-known landscape painter of Pakistan. He was born on 13 October 1939 in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. A student and close friend of Khalid Iqbal, Haidar was deeply influenced by his mentor’s style while studying at the University of the Punjab, Lahore. He is particularly renowned for his depictions of the rural landscape of Punjab, especially that of Lahore. After completing his MFA (Fine Arts) from the University of the Punjab in 1964, Haidar received a scholarship to study mosaic and fresco painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1973, he obtained a diploma in fresco and mosaic, which, according to the École des Beaux-Arts,...