Max Loehr
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Max Loehr was an art historian and professor of Chinese art at Harvard University
from 1960 to 1974.
As an authority on Chinese art, Professor Loehr published eight books and numerous articles on Chinese bronzes, jades and ancient Chinese painting.
, in 1903. He entered the University of Munich in 1931, where he studied Far Eastern art and obtained his PhD in 1936. Then he worked at the Museum für Völkerkunde
in Munich on the Asian collections. In 1940 Max went to Beijing to study at the Sino-German Institute, then he served as director of the institute and as assistant professor at Tsinghua University
. In 1949 he returned to his former post in Munich and two years after that he moved to the United States to become a professor at the University of Michigan
. In 1960, Max accepted the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chair in East Asian Art at Harvard University
and took a post as curator of Oriental art at the Fogg Museum until his retirement in 1974.
He died in 1988, at Nashua, N.H.
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
from 1960 to 1974.
As an authority on Chinese art, Professor Loehr published eight books and numerous articles on Chinese bronzes, jades and ancient Chinese painting.
Biography
Max Loehr was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, GermanyChemnitz
Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...
, in 1903. He entered the University of Munich in 1931, where he studied Far Eastern art and obtained his PhD in 1936. Then he worked at the Museum für Völkerkunde
State Museum of Ethnology
The Bavarian State Museum of Ethnology in Munich, Germany is a museum for Non-European artworks and objects of cultural value.-The building:...
in Munich on the Asian collections. In 1940 Max went to Beijing to study at the Sino-German Institute, then he served as director of the institute and as assistant professor at Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...
. In 1949 he returned to his former post in Munich and two years after that he moved to the United States to become a professor at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. In 1960, Max accepted the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chair in East Asian Art at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and took a post as curator of Oriental art at the Fogg Museum until his retirement in 1974.
He died in 1988, at Nashua, N.H.
Nashua, New Hampshire
-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...
Books by Max Loehr
- Chinese Landscape Woodcuts: From an Imperial Commentary to the Tenth-Century Printed Edition of the Buddhist Canon (1968) Harvard University Press.
- Ritual Vessels of Bronze Age China (1974) New York: Asia Society Inc.
- The Great Painters of China (1980) Oxford: Phaidon Press.