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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 artists 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 with 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. After studying 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 painting. 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."