ZHONG CHENG

陳蔭羆 GEORGE CHANN (1913-1995)

Born in Guangdong, China, Chann entered the Otis Institute of Arts in Los Angeles and was taught by Alexander Brook in 1934. His outstanding marks were rewarded with a full scholarship at the institute, where he also received his master’s degree in 1940. His first solo exhibition was held the following year at the California Art Club in Los Angeles, and since then many more solo exhibitions was held in different cities within the U.S. from 1942-1946. From 1947 to 1949 he returned to China and exhibited at the Public Archives Museum in Guangzhou and Shanghai. In 1950, he yet again returned to the US and was focused in abstract painting. During the year of 1969-1973, fifty of his abstract paintings were exhibited at the Pasadena Fine Arts Museum; the works are now in the collection of San Diego Museum of Art and other major art institutes. George Chann’s artistic style can be generally differentiated into two stages: social realism and abstract expressionism, separated as pre and post 1950s. The two stages differs in form and implications, yet each representing a classical and modern beauty of Western aesthetics. Recent exhibitions include: “George Chann Art Exhibition” (2014, Taipei, Tina Keng Gallery); “Beyond Wonderland- Centurial Abstract Painting Joint Exhibition” (2014, Taipei, Ever Harvest Art Gallery); “George Chann Solo Exhibition” (2014-2015, Taipei, Lin Lin Gallery).

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