Pang Jiun is famous for his unique discourse on oil painting and his dedication to the development of a Chinese style and an Eastern ambience in Western medium. He believes that the foundation in Western oil painting technique is vital, but for contemporary Chinese artist one must acknowledge Chinese humanities and utilise such awareness in the development of a new and personalised approach in oil painting. As such Pang Jiun is best known for his individual Chinese style of oil painting, his use of colours resonates the Post-Impressionist and the Fauvist's expressive style. Amalgamating the Chinese humanistic philosophy with Western painterly techniques, the result is a fusion in the best of both worlds, yet uniquely his own.


Red flowers fade, green apricots still small
When swallows pass
Over blue water which surrounds the garden wall
Most willow catkins have been blown away, alas!
But there is no place where grows not the sweet green grass.

Without the wall there's a road, within there's a swing.
A passer-by
Hears a fair maiden's laughter in the garden ring.
the ringing laughter dies away by and by,
For the enchantress the enchant'd can only sigh.

Die Lian Hua by Su Shi
The art idea of A passer-by hears a fair maiden's laughter in the garden ring (Lot 1116) originates from Die Lian Hua by great poet Su Shi in North Song dynasty. Traditional Chinese painters like to paint after poems, though Pan Jiun 's work is oil painting, it is full of poetic sentiment. Die Lian Hua , lamenting the lapse of times and floating and sinking in the official seas, is originally created by the poet to express self-thinking about his life. Pang selects the line "Without the wall there's a road, within there's a swing. A passer-by hears a fair maiden's laughter in the garden ring", rich in artistic imagination, to create this work. The poet describes a very beautiful scene in spring, that inside the wall surrounded by green water are girls jesting round a swing, and outside the wall are those who can only listen to the smile but cannot see the people, leaving themselves in deep sentiment and also leave readers in unlimited imagination.

This work is in bright yellow, green and blue color, revealing a cheerful mood. The stone path paved toward the red door, which is opened surprisingly, as if can lead us stepping into the garden and meeting those laughing girls inside and playing the swing together. Lot 1116, with bright color, heavy strokes, attracting light and ingenuous composition, is an excellent work to illustrate the artist's sound skills of drawing dots, lines , planes and using colors.

After study the evolution of western oil paintings and the approach of Chinese ink paintings, Pang clearly asserted that enhancing expressiveness is the important means to innovate modern Chinese oil paintings. Though trained strictly with realistic skills, Pang strikes a balance between the realism of traditional realistic paintings and the impressionism of modern art, achieving the "lyrical expression" and "lively spirit and vitality", which are usually associated with traditional ink paintings, in oil art. Pang once said: "I do not paint particular things, I paint what is inside my heart and the feeling toward any ordinary subjects. It is not determinated by 'forms', but my feelings and emotion." Pang's creation is led by his heart. Quiet Water & Sound of Spring (lot 1117) both illustrate the landscape of misty and rainy Jiangnan area. In Quiet Water, the smooth surface of the lake reflects mountains in distant view, a fisherman and his boat is in the middle of the painting. The artist carefully uses black, white, grey colors and turns them into fluid hues and creates a peaceful and calmly atmosphere. The foreground of Sound of Spring is occupied by pink Peach blossoms, the artist employs blunt, bent, slender and thin lines to portrait the various images of twigs and branches, uncovering the exuberant breath of spring.