PROVENANCE:

In the irst sentence of the preface of his classical work The Story of Art, Gombrich describes his view towards arts and artists: Actually, there is no art but artist only. In the ballet classroom of Degas, the artist created works in which the dancers stand irmly, play, or stare at something like framed. Whenever standing before the image, a viewer may even hear the whisper of dancers or music. However, in "Ballerina" of George Chann, the dancer created by the artist is beautiful and said. What is she looking down at? Up to or down from the stage? Where does her loneliness come from? "Ballerina" is now treasured by US art critic Michael D. Brown. Michael D. Brown and Yang Fangzhi jointly composed the George Chann, Purist in World of Arts. He is an art critic for studying and collecting the works of George Chann. "Ballerina" is an early-stage work of George Chann. In his early years, his works focused on portrait of the medium- and low-level people that are impoverished. Take "Ballerina" for example. The dancer, who is supported to be romantic and deft, shows indistinctness and vastness from her eyes. The entire image is shaded by a dim, yellowish tone, carrying dense humanitarian aspiration. "full of humanitarian color", "full of the bosom bemoaning the state of the universe and pitying the fate of humankind", "revealing humanitarian kindness and care"... These are the unilateral descriptions to the painting style of George Chann in this period. Based on this sense and by this image, it is said that, in "Ballerina" , we are aware of art as well as artist.