Gulammohammed Sheikh (b. 1937) is represented by a powerful canvas, "In and Out of Story" (1984-85), that's shown alongside images of Ambrogio Lorenzetti's majestic 14th-century Sienese frescoes and a 16th-century Mughal illustration.

WSJ: An Emerging Democracy's Far-Ranging Art | 'Midnight to the Boom: Painting in India After Independence | Peabody Essex Museum | By Tom L. Freudenheim