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Fang Lijun,an active artist appearing in the 1990s,is one of the Chinese artists of fashion.He is considered to be unique and noticeable whether in terms of writing his own legend or summarizing the artistic acheivements. His brilliance is just like his famous eye-catching barehead.As a matter of fact,he based his works on barehead,creating images of armymen and prisoners,which brings him international reputation.He stresses and emphasizes the unique value of his works just as the famous brand of products does.It is fascinating that the bareheaded painter painted pictures of barehead.Fang Lijun who is energetic is also keen on the pictures printed from engraved plates and sculptures apart from oil paintings.He has shows many interests,working as a canteen boss and acting in films.He does a very good job in everything,which presents the specific phenomenon in the variety of the world.Fang Lijun overturns the indulgence in self-admiration of the former artists,seeking the pure traditional image of the artistic world.He presents to the world the diversity,market and common views.He establishes himself in the specific history.The success of Fang Lijun is a contingency if considered as an individual experience,but if considered as a phenomenon,it is a historical necessity.With the hundreds of years' development of the Chinese oil painting,a sudden change is needed,which requires some artists to make an attempt for sure.And it is just at this point that Fu Lijun takes the chance to do it.That is where he succeeds.The main reason for his success is that he is brought up in a wide-open society,influenced by the Western Modenism,nurtured in the hundreds of years' history of Chinese oil painting and educated in the artistic system of the Arts Institute.Meanwhile,owing to his brillant artistic talent,he must make a change in his works instead of following the old rules,which just meets the need of sudden change in Chinese painting.Therefore,the success achieved by him is closely connected with the modem times.Fang Lijun is recognized as "a success" not in terms of well-known man,nor the astonishing auction prices of his works,but in terms of the measurement of artistic value.His works possess the distinctive styles of the times as well as the spirit of times.People wouldn't think highly of his works and he wouldn't be the focus of world attention if he were not born in this age.Therefore,his success is closely connected with the times.It is worthwhile to analyze the certainty and chance of its appearing.Fang Lijun makes his own contributions in pushing forward the development of Chinese arts.We should analyze and evaluate his contributions objectively and scientifically rather than exaggerate it as an individual heroism.Meanwhile we should not take no notice of it.The main point of this article reflects the influence of times on a person and the close connection between a person and times.Let's seek the issues worth researching from the artistic phenomenon of Fang Lijun and from the historical development of contamporary Chinese oil painting.