George Chann

George Chann (1913-1995) was a Chinese American painter.

Chann was born in Guangzhou, China, on January 1, 1913. He lived with his father in Stockton, California for some of the time during his youth. He attended Sun Yat-sen University. In 1932 he emigrated to the United States. In 1933 he began studying at the Otis Art Institute and after his graduating began teaching there in addition to exhibiting.

Chann's work is divided into three stages. Before the 1950s it was mostly portrait paintings and some still life and landscape paintings. In the 1950s it became more abstract and increasingly incorporated Chinese artifacts; for example, he rubbed some paintings with oracle bones. It increased in popularity after his death on May 26, 1995.