Chou Fang is regarded as the greatest Chinese erotic painter. Mi Fei, a famous painter in the Sung Dynasty, held Chou in the same class as Ku Kai-chih (one of whose pictures is in the British Museum), Lu T'ang-wei, and Wu Tao-tzu.

The women in Chou's paintings are all rather plump - which relates to the T'ang Dynasty concept of beauty. Chou Fang, in common with many oriental artists, also tended to exaggerate the size of the genital organs: it is said that he influenced Japanese erotic art.