The relevance of the scientific article is due to the significant date of 2020 – the 1150th anniversary of the birth and 1060th anniversary of the death of Abu Nasr Ibn Muhammad al-Farabi-an outstanding thinker-scientist of the East, philosopher, encyclopedic, great humanist. At the world art history classes on the theme «Culture of the Arab-Muslim East», at creative seminars on the history of arts of Kazakhstan, the image of al-Farabi, recreated in the visual arts, and his humanitarian heritage are discussed. Al-Farabi is the author of commentaries on the writings of Aristotle (hence his honorary title of «Second teacher») and Plato. He is credited with the creation of the Otrar library. It should be recalled that in 1975, on a large international scale, Moscow, Alma-Ata and Baghdad celebrated the 1100th anniversary of the birth of al-Farabi. His irreplaceable intellectual heritage: he has works on ethics, politics, psychology, natural science, music, but especially known works on logic and philosophy. The main questions of the article: a brief biographical sketch of al-Farabi, about the artists A. Ismailov, S. Kalmakhanov, K. Azhibekuly, the creation of the image of al- Farabi in their creative heritage.