Ernst Boerschmann
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Ernst Boerschmann was a German architect, photographer, and sinologist known for his research on and photography of historical Chinese architecture.
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Photograph by Ernst Boerschmann. Source: the Stephan Loewentheil Collection
Photograph by Ernst Boerschmann. Source: the Stephan Loewentheil Collection
The Abbott of the Monastery, Tíen túng sze, Chekiang Province. c. 1906, Ernst Boerschmann
Photograph by Ernst Boerschmann. Source: the Stephan Loewentheil Collection
Photograph by Ernst Boerschmann. Source: the Stephan Loewentheil Collection
On The Journey to the Monastery of the Celestial Boy Near Ningpo, Ningpo-Tíen Túng Sze, Chekiang Province. c. 1906, Ernst BoerschmannArchitects from Germany 6
About this person
Ernst Boerschmann 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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Architect
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deceased
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Lived 1873 to 1949 · aged 76
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