“BY CONTRAST, WITH ITS GRAND MOUNTAINS AND DEEP WATERS – MY SKETCHING EXPERIENCE IN HUANG SHAN – CHINA IN GREY IN TONE, WHICH DIFFICULTIES IN PAINTING. THE REASON MY LANDSCAPES WERE POPULAR DURING THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION WAS PRECISELY THAT THEY HAVE A FINE GRASP OF THE GREY TONE, FOR WHICH THE NAME PANG JIUN WAS KNOWN. TO MY OBSERVATION, THE GRAND MOUNTAINS AND DEEP WATERS OF CHINA ARE DEFINITELY TO BE PORTRAYED IN GREY AND THE GREY, CONSONANT WITH THE SENTIMENT AND ETHEREALITY OF CHINESE POETRY AND THE RESERVED AND LOWKEY STYLE OF CHINESE PEOPLE, REVEALS THE SPIRITUALITY OF CHINESE CULTURE.”

– PANG JIUN