Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Art competitions were held as part of the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.[1]
The art exhibition was held at the Stedelijk Museum from 12 June to 12 August, and displayed 1150 works of art from 18 different countries. Additionally, the literature competition attracted 40 entries from 10 countries, and the music competition had 22 entries from 9 countries.[2]
The art competitions at the 1928 Games was larger in scope than for previous Games. Instead of a single competition in each of the five artistic categories, awards were presented in multiple subcategories.[3] The judges of the music competition declined to award any medals in two of the three subcategories, and only presented a single bronze medal in the third.
Art competitions were part of the Olympic program from 1912 to 1948.[4] At a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in 1949, it was decided to hold art exhibitions instead, as it was judged illogical to permit professionals to compete in the art competitions but only amateurs were permitted to compete in sporting events.[5] Since 1952, a non-competitive art and cultural festival has been associated with each Game.[6]
Architecture
[edit]| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural design |  Jan Wils (NED)Olympic Stadium at Amsterdam[3] |
 Ejnar Mindedal Rasmussen (DEN)Swimming pool at Ollerup |
 Jacques Lambert (FRA)Stadium at Versailles |
| Town planning |  Alfred Hensel (GER)Stadium at Nuremberg |
Jacques Lambert (FRA) Stadium at Versailles |
Max Laeuger (GER) Municipal Park at Hamburg |
Literature
[edit]| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyric works |  Kazimierz Wierzyński (POL)"Laur Olimpijski" |
Rudolf G. Binding (GER) "Reitvorschrift für eine Geliebte" |
Johannes Weltzer (DEN) "Symphonia Heroica" |
| Dramatic works | none awarded |  Lauro De Bosis (ITA)"Icarus" |
none awarded |
| Epic works |  Ferenc Mező (HUN)"L'histoire des Jeux Olympiques" |
Ernst Weiß (GER) "Boetius von Orlamünde" |
Carel Scharten & Margo Scharten-Antink (NED) "De Nar uit de Maremmen" |
Music
[edit]| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Song | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded |
| One instrument | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded |
| Orchestra | none awarded | none awarded | Rudolph Simonsen (DEN) "Symphony No. 2 Hellas" |
Painting
[edit]| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | Isaac Israëls (NED) "Cavalier Rouge" |
 Laura Knight (GBR)"Boxeurs" |
Walther Klemm (GER) "Patinage" |
| Drawings |  Jean Jacoby (LUX)"Rugby" |
Alex Virot (FRA) "Gestes de Football" |
Władysław Skoczylas (POL) Posters |
| Graphic works | William Nicholson (GBR) "Un Almanach de douze Sports" |
 Carl Moos (SUI)Posters |
Max Feldbauer (GER) "Mailcoach" |
Sculpture
[edit]| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statues | Paul Landowski (FRA) "Boxeur" |
Milo Martin (SUI) "Athlète au repos" |
Renée Sintenis (GER) "Footballeur" |
| Reliefs and medallions |  Edwin Grienauer (AUT)Médailles |
Chris van der Hoef (NED) Médaille pour les Jeux Olympiques |
Edwin Scharff (GER) Plaquette |
Medal table
[edit]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,[7] and these totals are not included in the IOC's medal table for the 1928 Games.[8]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Luxembourg (LUX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 | |
Events summary
[edit]Architecture
[edit]Designs for Town Planning
The following architects took part:[9]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfred Hensel |  Germany
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| 2 | Jacques Lambert |  France
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| 3 | Max Laeuger | Germany
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Architectural Designs
The following architects took part:[10]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Wils |  Netherlands
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| 2 | Ejnar Mindedal Rasmussen |  Denmark
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| 3 | Jacques Lambert | France
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Further entries
The following architects took part:[11]
Literature
[edit]Dramatic works
The following writers took part:[12]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not awarded | |
| 2 | Lauro De Bosis |  Italy
|
| 3 | Not awarded | |
| AC | Plus que de Raison | France
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| AC | Henri van Wermeskerken | Netherlands
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| AC | Louis Grivel |  Switzerland
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| AC | Voittout | Switzerland
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Epic works
The following writers took part:[13]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferenc Mező |  Hungary
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| 2 | Ernst Weiß | Germany
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| 3 | Margo Scharten-Antink, Carel Scharten | Netherlands
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| AC | Theodor Mayer |  Austria
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| AC | Willy Meisl | Austria
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| AC | Arthur Steiner | Austria
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| AC | Maurice Carême |  Belgium
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| AC | Edvard Nielsen-Stevns | Denmark
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| AC | Kasimir Edschmid | Germany
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| AC | Hermann Roßmann | Germany
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| AC | Dezső Király | Hungary
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| AC | Henriëtte Laman Trip-de Beaufort | Netherlands
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| AC | Louis Grivel | Switzerland
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| AC | Voittout | Switzerland
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Lyric works
The following writers took part:[14]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazimierz Wierzyński |  Poland
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| 2 | Rudolf Binding | Germany
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| 3 | Johannes Weltzer | Denmark
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| AC | H. J. Ken | Austria
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| AC | Willy Meisl | Austria
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| AC | Ludwig Valentich | Austria
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| AC | Tony Schaller | Belgium
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| AC | Maurice Verdonck | Belgium
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| AC | Het Lichtet Overal | Belgium
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| AC | Aage Hermann | Denmark
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| AC | Émile Moussat | France
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| AC | Et quasi cursores vitaï lampada tradunt | France
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| AC | Gerhart Drabsch | Germany
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| AC | Karl Schenk | Germany
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| AC | Bruno Fattori | Italy
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| AC | Edward Koster | Netherlands
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| AC | Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer | Poland
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| AC | Willy Favez | Switzerland
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| AC | Voittout | Switzerland
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Music
[edit]Compositions for orchestra
The following composers took part:[15]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | not awarded | |
| 2 | not awarded | |
| 3 | Rudolph Simonsen | Denmark
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| AC | L. Vandeput | Belgium
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| AC | Knudåge Riisager | Denmark
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| AC | Marc-César Scotto |  Monaco
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| AC | Jacques Jansen | Netherlands
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| AC | Kazimierz Kresowiak | Poland
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| AC | Alexandre Dénéréaz | Switzerland
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| AC | B. Bosserdet | Switzerland
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| AC | IXe Olympiade Amsterdam | Switzerland
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Compositions for solo or chorus
The following composers took part:[16]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | not awarded | |
| 2 | not awarded | |
| 3 | not awarded | |
| AC | Chant Olympique | France
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| AC | Peter Schmitz | Germany
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| AC | Jan Andenne | Netherlands
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| AC | Marius Ulfrstad |  Norway
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| AC | Roger Moret | Switzerland
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Compositions for instrumental and chamber
The following composers took part:[17]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | not awarded | |
| 2 | not awarded | |
| 3 | not awarded | |
| AC | Sijoma | Belgium
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| AC | Marius Ulfrstad | Norway
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| AC | Simon Frey | Switzerland
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| AC | Roger Moret | Switzerland
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| AC | IXe Olympiade Amsterdam | Switzerland
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Painting
[edit]Drawings and water colours
The following painters took part:[18]
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Graphic arts
The following painters took part:[19]
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Paintings
The following painters took part:[20]
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Sculpture
[edit]Medals and Reliefs
The following sculptors took part:[21]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Grienauer | Austria
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| 2 | Chris van der Hoef | Netherlands
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| 3 | Edwin Scharff | Germany
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| AC | Pierre de Soete | Belgium
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| AC | Oskar Gloeckler | Germany
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| AC | Ernst Gorsemann | Germany
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| AC | Kurt Harald Isenstein | Germany
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| AC | Richard Langer | Germany
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| AC | Waldemar Raemisch | Germany
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| AC | Hans Schwegerle | Germany
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| AC | Elisabeth von Esseö | Germany
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| AC | Theodor von Gosen | Germany
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| AC | Josef Wackerle | Germany
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| AC | Richard Scheibe | Germany
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| AC | Giuseppe Cassioli | Italy
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| AC | Leen Bolle | Netherlands
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| AC | Władysław Gruberski | Poland
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| AC | Josef Büsser | Switzerland
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| AC | Samuel Henchoz | Switzerland
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| AC | André Pettineroli | Switzerland
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| AC | James Fraser |  United States
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| AC | Henri Dropsy | France
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| AC | Édouard Fraisse | France
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Statues
The following sculptors took part:[22]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ G. van Rossem, ed. (1928). The Ninth Olympiad. Amsterdam 1928. Official Report (PDF). Amsterdam: J. H. de Bussy. pp. 877–901. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
- ^ a b Wagner, Juergen. "Olympic Art Competition 1928 Amsterdam". Olympic Games Museum. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
- ^ Kramer, Bernhard (May 2004). "In Search of the Lost Champions of the Olympic Art Contests" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History. 12 (2): 29–34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
- ^ Bolanaki, A. (June 1951). "Report on Art Exhibitions" (PDF). Bulletin du Comité International Olympique (27). Lausanne: International Olympic Committee: 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
- ^ "Kurt Kohlstedt: Pentathlon of the Muses". 99% Invisible. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
- ^ "Amsterdam 1928 Medal Table". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Architecture, Designs For Town Planning, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Architecture, Architectural Designs, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Architecture, Further Entries, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Literature, Dramatic Works, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Literature, Epic Works, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Literature, Lyric Works, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Music, Compositions for Orchestra, Open". Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Music, Compositions For Solo Or Chorus, Open". Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Music, Instrumental And Chamber, Open". Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Painting, Drawings And Water Colors, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Painting, Graphic Arts, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Painting, Paintings, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Sculpturing, Medals And Reliefs, Open". Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Art Competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Sculpturing, Statues, Open". Retrieved 29 July 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official catalogue programme, via Olympic World Library