Traditional Chinese paintings can be classified as figure paintings, landscapes and flower-and-bird paintings. Figure paintings represent an important category in traditional Chinese painting, mainly depicting the image of people. To paint a live human figure is the most challenging task for an artist. Yet with a good grounding in drawing and constant practice, any artist can make a success of figure painting and thus prove his or her competence in this field. There were many unforgetable figure paintings in Guo Runwen's works. he tried his best to break up the limit between the past, the present and the future and entered into current existence by translating his memory into a poetic picture expression.