Fang Jun 方骏

Born in Guanyun, Jiangsu Province in 1945, Fang Jun studied in the Art Department at the Nanjing Normal University and started teaching at the Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts after he received his M.F.A. degree in 1981. Fang has been trained and influenced by the traditions and ideals of the literati in this historical city and shares their dream of withdrawing from politics and enjoying tranquility in nature. The compositions of his landscapes evoke masterpieces from the Qing Dynasty, while his fresh and unorthodox palette provides a refreshing vision of the contemporary world. Fang Jun achieves such effects by directly applying light colors to his mountains, trees, and rocks, without restricting himself to the rigid texturing technique called "cun". He spends much time sketching in solitary communion with nature in the beautiful countryside outside Nanjing and integrates contemporary aesthetics into a context which links them into a historical perspective.