BRICS thread runs through art display

The late Indian landscape artist Bireswar Sen centered his creation on portraying the splendor of the Himalayas, although he approached it on a small scale. He composed a poem of colors by depicting the changing views of the mountain peaks, valleys and cascades of the mighty range in four seasons.

But he worked on a piece of paper that is no more than 10 centimeters in length and width.

When a collection of his miniature watercolors debuted at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing on April 12, the audience needed magnifying glasses to appreciate the Himalayan landscape that Sen hailed with dancing lines and rhythmic colors. The works are from the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi.