Yan Gallery, Hong Kong
Private Collection, Asia
This painting is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Yan Gallery, Hong Kong and
a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Characterized by a unique use of color and form, Pang Jiun’s captivating oil paintings exhibit a sophisticated composite of European and Asian artistic influences and traditions. Granted his first exhibition at just 11 years old alongside his sister, Pang Jiun’s earliest works were shown in Guangzhou and Shanghai from 1947-1948. This artistic immersion from a young age stemmed from the artist’s parents, themselves deeply engaged in the arts and painting. Pang Jiun’s father, Pang Xunqin, was among the first generation of Chinese artists to conduct his artistic education abroad, studying in Paris from 1925-1930. Upon his return to China, Pang Xunqin founded the revolutionary Storm Society, issuing a declaration calling for Chinese artists to develop modern art movements distinctive to China, setting the scene for emerging artists, including his own son. Combined with this established encouragement and knowledge of European artistic trends gained from his father’s experience, Pang Jiun also received an inundation of Japanese artistic and cultural influences from his mother, Qiu Ti, who spent several years engaged in artistic study in the Japanese capital of Tokyo. With this rich background in various global artistic influences, Pang Jiun began to develop a uniquely universal aesthetic, melding his own Chinese cultural heritage with inspiration from both Western and other east Asian artistic traditions.

Striking in its depth and dimension of thickly layered paint, and quick, lively strokes, Spring Flowers demonstrates Pang Jiun’s undeniable mastery of both his medium and aesthetic. With vibrant, luminous colors reflecting Fauvist influences, Spring Flowers presents a purity of emotion and passion through the joyously sculptural application of oil onto the canvas. Never correcting an existing stroke, Pang has developed a free style of brush strokes which the artist feels reflects the subjective nature of his art. Explaining the spontaneous method of his creative process, Pang states, “I just paint what is inside my own heart. Whatever commonplace object or scene I am painting, it is not form that determines how the painting turns out, but my emotions and the way I feel about it.” This emotional determination emanates clearly from Spring Flowers, as each spray of brightly hued blossoms bursts across the canvas in a jubilant arrangement of artistic exuberance. Combining the passionate expression and instinctive nature of Chinese literati painting with a Western Impressionist form and application, the artist establishes a composition captivating in its exploration of color and textural elements. The radiant yellows at once compete and harmonize with the vivid reds and subtler greens, imbuing the work with an arresting sense of movement and elation.

For Pang Jiun, artistic expression stems from personal emotional development, which the artist should then reflect on the canvas. Exhibited in each of his works, Pang Jiun has adopted a wealth of internationally cultural influences to establish a unique and emotive personal aesthetic. As the artist himself explains, “The creative process is integrated with personal inspiration, emotion, personality and traditional culture. A painter’s artistic expression will inevitably be sublimated to a true artistic realm, because this extraordinary art is destined to touch people’s hearts.”