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of Gothenburg with the help of private donations. It received its
name from the two brothers Röhss, who in 1901 gave large
donations for the erection of the budding and its future acquisitions. The
building was completed in 1914 and opened in 1916.
The oriental collections there have, to a large extent, been
acquired during purchasing visits to the Far East in 1912 —1913 by
Thorild Wulff. On the initiative of the Museum’s first director, Axel
Nilsson (1872—1924), and for means available for this purpose, given
by the former chairman of the board of the Museum Mr. Hjalmar
Wijk, by his mother Mrs. Caroline Wijk and by Mr. Klas Fåhræus,
Stockholm, it was decided in the springtime of 1912 to create a special
collection of ancient Chinese art for the future museum. For this
purpose Mr. Wulff was appointed travelling purchaser in China,
where the political situation was then very vague and inflamed. The
infant-emperor Siian-t’ung had abdicated in February 1912, the
national revolution had come to an end and the first Chinese republic
had been established. In spite of this, or — perhaps — as a consequence,
Wulff succeeded in carrying out his commission. About 2,000 objects
of art and handicraft were acquired and sent by sea to Gothenburg
in boxes. Thus the first important public collection of ancient Chinese
art in Sweden came into being — even today it forms the main body
of the Chinese collection in the Röhss Museum.
If it can be said that Swedish scientists and experts have, to
a great extent, made Chinese art and culture known to the Western
world, it is due to their pioneer work in the first quarter of this century.
Since then the growing interest in the ancient art of China has given
to the Sweden of to-day a central and prominent position among the
countries outside the Far East that can exhibit representative
collections of Chinese art and handicraft.
Among these past pioneers the name of Thorild Wulff will not
be forgotten.
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