Scenery at the Foot of a Waterfall on Yandang Mountain, 1963. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Peculiarity and Brightness

Pan's style is robust, majestic, extraordinary and peculiar, with a magnificent and beautiful inner strength that triggers soul-stirring results. He said, “Each painter has a different style and it is the difference that makes art." The formation of a unique style, "first requires a national style, which differs from that of Western paintings; secondly, it needs new creation and a difference from predecessors; and thirdly, it should stand the judgment of the society and the test of history."