" Finnish-Swedish art historian Osvald Siren ( 1879 --1966 ) was one of the pioneers of Chinese art scholarship in the West. This biography focuses on his four major voyages to East Asia : 1918, 1921 -- 1923, 1929 -- 1930, and 1935. This was a pivotal period in Chinese archaeolo…
Finnish-Swedish art historian Osvald Siren (1879--1966) was one of the pioneers of Chinese art scholarship in the West. This biography focuses on his four major voyages to East Asia: 1918, 1921--1923, 1929--1930, and 1935. This was a pivotal period in Chinese archaeology, art st…
Finnish-Swedish art historian Osvald Sirén (1879-1966) was one of the pioneers of Chinese art scholarship in the West. This biography focuses on his four major voyages to East Asia: 1918, 1921-1923, 1929-1930, and 1935. This was a pivotal period in Chinese archaeology, art studi…