Works by acclaimed painter on display

The easiest way now to get a glimpse of China's natural beauty on canvas in one place is to go visit the ongoing retrospective show of ink painter He Haixia (1908-1998), who is said to be one of China's best landscape painters of the 20th century.

From the palm trees of South China's Hainan province and the sharp mountains of Southwest China's Sichuan province to the strangely shaped stones of East China's Zhejiang province and the gorgeous Yellow River in North China, they are all covered in He Haixia's 110 paintings on display at Beijing's Guardian Art Center.

The majority of paintings in the exhibition focus on landscapes, covering scenes commonly depicted by Chinese painters.