Demonstrating an inclination towards color and design at a young age, he started learning about the traditional Chinese painting of flowers at eleven.
[4] In September 1925, Pang moved to Paris to study oil painting at the Académie Julian at the age of 19, following fellow patriots such as Xu Beihong.
Pang spent over a year at the Académie Julian learning technical skills through live sketching, and receiving critiques from teachers at the prestigious École Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
[5] Pang held numerous solo exhibitions and, with Chang Ta-chien, founded the Tai-mong Association and later the Storm Society.
[8] In 1931, Pang co-founded the avant-garde Storm Society [zh] (Chinese: 決瀾社 Juelan She "a great wave") with Ni Yide; an artist, critic, and writer.
"[4] The Storm Society disbanded due to the Chinese Civil War, when realistic propaganda art became the only acceptable media.
[10] He often quoted Picasso as his favorite artist because of his impulsivity in rejecting his own previous styles in favor of the search for new ways of expression.
[5] Later in life, facing wars, Pang would come to call his stress on individuality "superficial," remarking instead on the power of art against oppression.