Art competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Art competitions at the 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[edit]

Category  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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[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,[4] and these totals are not included in the IOC's medal table for the 1912 Games.[5]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Italy (ITA)| 2| 0| 0| 2
2|  France (FRA)| 1| 1| 0| 2
3|  Switzerland (SUI)| 1| 0| 0| 1
United States (USA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Totals (4 entries)| 5| 1| 0| 6

## Events summary[edit]

### Architecture[edit]

The following architects took part:[6]

Rank | Name | Country

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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[edit]

The following writers took part:[7]

Rank | Name | Country

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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[edit]

The following composers took part:[8]

Rank | Name | Country

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

### Painting[edit]

The following painters took part:[9]

Rank | Name | Country

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1 | Carlo Pellegrini |  Italy
AC | Ernest Townsend |  Great Britain
AC | Ferdinand Gueldry |  France
AC | Jean François Raffaëlli |  France

### Sculpture[edit]

The following sculptors took part:[10]

Rank | Name | Country

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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[edit]

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[edit]

* (ed). Bergvall, Erik (December 1913). The Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 Official Report (PDF). Stockholm: Wahlström and Widstrand. pp. 806–811. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-25. `{{cite book}}`: `|author=` has generic name (help)
* Wagner, Juergen. "Olympic Art Competition 1912". Olympic Games Museum. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
* 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 2008-03-25.
* "Stockholm 1912: Did you know?". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-25.

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