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111:(18 February 1873 – 30 April 1949) was a German architect, photographer, and sinologist known for his research on and photography of historical Chinese architecture. He was the first foreigner to systematically document China's religious architecture, compiling thousands of photographs, sketches, and architectural surveys over multiple trips to China in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Boerschmann's field observations in China, from meticulous architectural drawings to artful photographs, would set the standard for architectural historians of the region for decades to come. During his lifetime, Boerschmann was undoubtedly the leading expert on
Chinese historical architecture in the
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In 1931, Chinese architectural expert Zhu Qiqian (朱啓鈐) invited
Boerschmann to join his newly-founded Society for Research in Chinese Architecture in Beijing as a corresponding member. From 1933 to 1937, Boerschmann embarked on his third trip to China. On this trip, he collected many documents, oral
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German-speaking world, but the limitations of German as a language for research and publication made it difficult for international scholars to study his work in depth. In 2010, more than a century after his first trip to China,
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and graduated in 1901 as an
Assessor. From 1902 to 1904, he was an Engineer with the East Asian Occupation Brigade (Ostasiatischen Besatzungsbrigade) in China, where he became interested in classical Chinese architecture.
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declared that
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China
Photography Collection include "thousands of photographs" (many of which were never published), texts, maps, illustrations, manuscripts, correspondences, and other objects.
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has amassed a notable archive of
Boerschmann's work – one of the world's largest holdings of early Chinese architectural photographs. The Boerschmann holdings of the
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history accounts, photographs, building plans, and inscriptions. He returned to
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In June 1912, the first major display of
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The Grand
Documentation: Ernst Boerschmann and Chinese Religious Architecture (1906-1931)
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The Grand Documentation: Ernst Boerschmann and Chinese Religious Architecture (1906–1931)
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In 1906, Boerschmann began his first expedition with the financial support of the
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with cameras and drawings, which formed the material for his later publications.
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With the publication of three books of his photography of China in the 1920s –
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Fritz Jäger. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ed.).
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Photograph by Ernst Boerschmann. Source: the Stephan Loewentheil Collection
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on Chinese architecture. In 1943, his apartment was destroyed by
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As a child, Boerschmann attended the Humanistische Gymnasium in
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Tsinghua University Art Museum; Lowenthill, eds. (2018).
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The Architecture and Religious Culture of the Chinese,
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China in the Eyes of a German Architect (1906-1909)
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