Art competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Art competitions were held as part of the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the first time that art competitions were part of the Olympic program. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.[1]

Art competitions were part of the Olympic program from 1912 to 1948, but were discontinued due to concerns about amateurism and professionalism. Since 1952, a non-competitive art and cultural festival has been associated with each Games.[2]

Medal summary

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Category Gold Silver Bronze
Architecture   Eugène-Edouard Monod and Alphonse Laverrière (SUI)
Building plan of a modern stadium
none awarded none awarded
Literature   Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin[3] (FRA)
"Ode to Sport"
none awarded none awarded
Music   Riccardo Barthelemy (ITA)
"Olympic Triumphal March"
none awarded none awarded
Painting   Carlo Pellegrini (ITA)
Three connected friezes representing "Winter Sports"
none awarded none awarded
Sculpture   Walter Winans (USA)
Bronze statuette "An American trotter"
  Georges Dubois (FRA)
Model of the entrance to a modern stadium
none awarded

Medal table

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At the time, medals were awarded to these artists, but art competitions are no longer regarded as official Olympic events by the International Olympic Committee. These events do not appear in the IOC medal database,[4] and these totals are not included in the IOC's medal table for the 1912 Games.[5]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy (ITA)2002
2  France (FRA)1102
3  Switzerland (SUI)1001
  United States (USA)1001
Totals (4 entries)5106

Events summary

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Architecture

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The following architects took part:[6]

Rank Name Country
1 Alphonse Laverrière, Eugène-Édouard Monod   Switzerland
AC A. Laffen Unknown
AC André Collin   France
AC Frantz Jourdain   France
AC Fritz Eccard Unknown
AC Guillaume Fatio   Switzerland
AC Jacob Rees   Great Britain
AC Julius Skarba-Wallraf   Germany
AC Konrad Hippenmeier   Switzerland

Literature

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The following writers took part:[7]

Rank Name Country
1 Georges Hohrod & Martin Eschbach[3]   France
AC Gabriele D'Annunzio   Italy
AC Marcel Boulenger   France
AC Maurice Pottecher   France
AC Gabriel Letainturier-Fradin   France
AC Paul Adam   France

Music

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The following composers took part:[8]

Rank Name Country
1 Riccardo Barthelemy   Italy
AC Ethel Barnard   Great Britain
AC Gustave Doret   Switzerland
AC Max d'Ollone   France
AC Émile Jaques-Dalcroze   France

Painting

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The following painters took part:[9]

Rank Name Country
1 Carlo Pellegrini   Italy
AC Ernest Townsend   Great Britain
AC Ferdinand Gueldry   France
AC Jean François Raffaëlli   France

Sculpture

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The following sculptors took part:[10]

Rank Name Country
1 Walter Winans   United States
2 Georges Dubois   France
AC Otakar Španiel   Bohemia
AC Tait McKenzie   Canada
AC Rembrandt Bugatti   Italy
AC Victor Segoffin   France
AC Paolo, Prince Trubetskoy   Russia
AC Antoni Wiwulski   Congress Poland

References

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  1. ^ "Art Competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Kurt Kohlstedt: Pentathlon of the Muses". 99% Invisible. December 21, 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b de Coubertin's entry was submitted by the pseudonym of "Georges Hohrod" and "Martin Eschbach" from Germany.
  4. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1912. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "Art Competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics: Architecture, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Art Competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics: Literature, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Art Competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics: Music, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Art Competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics: Painting, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Art Competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics: Sculpturing, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

Sources

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