- Abdul Qadir Al Rassam
Abdul Qadir Al Rassam,عبد القادر الرسام), 1952 - 1882), was born in
Baghdad ,Iraq . He was the first well-known painter in modern Iraq and the leader of realism school in Iraq [ [http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/arabic/Iraqi-Artists.html Iraqi Artists at the Art History Archive] , retrieved June 14th 2007.] . He studied military science and art at the Military College,Istanbul ,Turkey , (then the capital of theOttoman Empire ) from 1904. He studied art and painting in the European traditional style and became a landscape painter, he painted many landscapes of Iraq in the realism style, using shading and composition to suggest time periods. He was a major figure among the first generation of modern Iraqi artists and was a member of the Art Friends Society (AFS, "Jami’yat Asdiqa’ al-Fen"). A collection of his work is hung in The Pioneers Museum, Baghdad. A prolific painter of oils, the majority of his works are now in private hands.References
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List of painters
*List of Iraqi artists External links
* [http://www.iraqiartist.com/Archive/badul_qadi_%20al_rassam/Abdul_Qadir_Al_Rassam.htm Abdul Qadir Al Rassam]
* [http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:eL3vvK86fZkJ:www.ayagallery.co.uk/4666.html+painter+%22Al+Rassam%22&hl=en&gl=ie&ct=clnk&cd=4 Dijla at Sunset]
* [http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:gC_g2qua4LUJ:www.agialart.com/pioneers%2520iraq.htm+%22Abdel+Kader+al+Rassam%22&hl=en&gl=ie&ct=clnk&cd=1 View of the Tigris]
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