Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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Art competitions were held as part of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.[1]
| Art competitions at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |
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Art competitions pictogram | |
| Venue | Ausstellungsgelände am Kaiserdamm |
| Dates | 1 – 16 August 1936 |
| No. of events | 15 |
The art exhibition was held in a hall of the Berlin Exhibition from 15 July to 16 August, and displayed 667 works of art from 22 countries. Additionally, the literature competition attracted 40 entries from 12 countries, and the music competition had 33 entries from 9 countries.[2]
The art competitions at the 1936 Games were similar to the 1928 and 1932 Games, with medals being awarded in multiple subcategories for each of the five artistic categories.[3] The judges declined to award any medals for three subcategories, and no gold medals for another three subcategories. 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 Games.[6]
Architecture
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural design |  Hermann Kutschera (AUT)Skiing Stadium |
 Werner March (GER)Reich Sport Field |
Hermann Stiegholzer and Herbert Kastinger (AUT) Sporting Centre in Vienna |
| Municipal planning | Werner March and Walter March (GER) Reich Sport Field |
 Charles Downing Lay (USA)Marine Park, Brooklyn |
Theo Nußbaum (GER) Municipal Planning and Sporting Centre in Cologne |
Literature
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyric works | Felix Dhünen (GER) "The Runner" |
 Bruno Fattori (ITA)"Profili Azzurri" |
Hans Stoiber (AUT) "The Discus" |
| Dramatic works | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded |
| Epic works |  Urho Karhumäki (FIN)"Avoveteen" |
Wilhelm Ehmer (GER) "For the Top of the World" |
 Jan Parandowski (POL)"Olympic Discus" |
Music
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo and chorus | Paul Höffer (GER) "Olympic Vow" |
Kurt Thomas (GER) "Olympic Cantata, 1936" |
Harald Genzmer (GER) "The Runner" |
| Instrumental | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded |
| Orchestra | Werner Egk (GER) "Olympic Festive Music" |
Lino Liviabella (ITA) "The Victor" |
 Jaroslav Křička (TCH)"Mountain Suite" |
Painting
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | none awarded | Rudolf Eisenmenger (AUT) "Runners at the Finishing Line" |
 Ryuji Fujita (JPN)"Ice Hockey" |
| Drawings and water colours | none awarded | Romano Dazzi (ITA) "Four Sketches for Frescoes" |
Sujaku Suzuki (JPN) "Classical Horse Racing in Japan" |
| Graphic arts | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded |
| Applied arts |  Alex Diggelmann (SUI)"Arosa I Placard" |
Alfred Hierl (GER) "International Automobile Race on the Avus" |
Stanisław Ostoja-Chrostowski (POL) "Yachting Club Certificate" |
Sculpture
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statues | Farpi Vignoli (ITA) "Sulky Driver" |
Arno Breker (GER) "Decathlon Athlete" |
 Stig Blomberg (SWE)"Wrestling Youths" |
| Reliefs | Emil Sutor (GER) "Hurdlers" |
Józef Klukowski (POL) "Ball" |
none awarded |
| Medals | none awarded | Luciano Mercante (ITA) "Medals" |
 Josuë Dupon (BEL)"Equestrian Medals" |
Medal table
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 1936 Games.[8]
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany* | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Italy | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  Poland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 9 | 12 | 11 | 32 | |
Dance
Hitler wanted to add a further selection of artistic events that he believed would glorify the Nazis to the programme of the 1936 Games, including dance. The International Olympic Committee declined to approve any of the events, though dance had been among the original planned art events when they were first introduced. Still, dance was included as an unofficial art event at the 1936 Games, known as the Internationale Tanzwettspiele.[9][10] Fourteen nations took part, and a festival with choreography and performance by Harald Kreutzberg and Mary Wigman was held. Rudolf von Laban had also been contracted to contribute, but his choreography was not deemed to be suitable propaganda and he was placed under house arrest. Kreutzberg and Wigman then also took part in the competitive part of the dance event, being among the (honorary) medalists.[9][11]
Events summary
Architecture
Designs for Town Planning
The following architects took part:[12]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werner March, Walter March | Germany |
| 2 | Charles Downing Lay | United States |
| 3 | Theodor Nußbaum | Germany |
| AC | Erwin Ilz, Hans Pfann | Austria |
| AC | Franz Peydl, Josef Schilhab | Austria |
Architectural designs
The following architects took part:[13]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermann Kutschera | Austria |
| 2 | Werner March | Germany |
| 3 | Herbert Kastinger, Hermann Stiegholzer | Austria |
| AC | Costantino Costantini | Italy |
| AC | Johann Rezac | Austria |
Further entries
The following architects took part:[14]
Literature
Epic works
The following writers took part:[15]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urho Karhumäki | Finland |
| 2 | Wilhelm Ehmer | Germany |
| 3 | Jan Parandowski | Poland |
Lyric works
The following writers took part:[16]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felix Dhünen | Germany |
| 2 | Bruno Fattori | Italy |
| 3 | Hans Helmut Stoiber | Austria |
Unknown event
The following writers took part:[17]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| AC | Anne Lindbergh | United States |
| AC | Klára Marik |  Hungary |
| AC | Lina Galli | Italy |
| AC | Jerry | Czechoslovakia |
| AC | Alexander Roda Roda | Austria |
| AC | Alba de Céspedes | Italy |
| AC | Alexander Lernet-Holenia | Austria |
| AC | Avery Brundage | United States |
| AC | Ernst Udet | Germany |
| AC | Eugenio Barisoni | Italy |
| AC | Francis Magoun | United States |
| AC | Franco Ciampitti | Italy |
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| AC | Fred Jent | Switzerland |
| AC | Hans Domizlaff | Germany |
| AC | Hans Schöchlin | Switzerland |
| AC | Heinrich Rienössl | Austria |
| AC | Hans Naderer | Austria |
| AC | Hermann Stowasser | Austria |
| AC | Jack Schumacher | Switzerland |
| AC | László Tharnói-Kostyál | Hungary |
| AC | Lino Businco | Italy |
| AC | Louis Grivel | Switzerland |
| AC | Hubertus von Beyer | Austria |
| AC | MacKinlay Kantor | United States |
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| AC | Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth | Switzerland |
| AC | Ottó Misángyi | Hungary |
| AC | Paul Dresse | Belgium |
| AC | Paul Martin | Switzerland |
| AC | Richard Augsten | Czechoslovakia |
| AC | Rudolf von Eichthal | Austria |
| AC | Takis Sakellariou |  Greece |
| AC | Teofil Marschalkó[18] | Hungary |
| AC | Theodor Mayer | Austria |
| AC | Theron Newell | United States |
| AC | Wilfried Strik-Strikfeldt |  Latvia |
Music
Compositions for orchestra
The following composers took part:[19]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werner Egk | Germany |
| 2 | Lino Liviabella | Italy |
| 3 | Jaroslav Křička | Czechoslovakia |
| HM | Jiang Wen-Ye | Japan |
| HM | Gian Luca Tocchi | Italy |
| AC | Marius Monnikendam |  Netherlands |
| AC | Alexander Langeweg | Netherlands |
| AC | Marc-César Scotto |  Monaco |
| AC | Robert Sanders | United States |
| AC | Roy Harris | United States |
| AC | Quincy Porter | United States |
Compositions for solo or chorus
The following composers took part:[20]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Höffer | Germany |
| 2 | Kurt Thomas | Germany |
| 3 | Harald Genzmer | Germany |
Instrumental and chamber
The following composers took part:[21]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| AC | Gabriele Bianchi | Italy |
Unknown event
The following composers took part:[22]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| AC | Chiffre |  Yugoslavia |
| AC | Noboru Ito | Japan |
| AC | Dante D'Ambrosi | Italy |
| AC | Demetrij Žebre | Yugoslavia |
| AC | František Koubek | Czechoslovakia |
| AC | Hans Luckasch | Austria |
| AC | Heinrich Schmidt | Austria |
| AC | Herbert Wieninger | Austria |
| AC | Jan Pešta | Czechoslovakia |
| AC | Karl Etti | Austria |
| AC | Karl Pilß | Austria |
| AC | Kosaku Yamada | Japan |
| AC | Ludwig Miller | Austria |
| AC | Renzo Massarani | Italy |
| AC | Saburo Moroi | Japan |
| AC | Shukichi Mitsukuri | Japan |
| AC | Norbert Sprongl | Austria |
| AC | Jaroslav Křička | Czechoslovakia |
Painting
Drawings and water colours
The following painters took part:[23]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not awarded | |
| 2 | Romano Dazzi | Italy |
| 3 | Sujaku Suzuki | Japan |
| AC | Jean Jacoby |  Luxembourg |
| AC | Rūdolfs Mazūrs | Latvia |
| AC | Désiré Piryns | Belgium |
| AC | Georg Lagerstedt | Sweden |
| AC | Robert Lips | Switzerland |
Graphic arts
The following painters took part:[24]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| AC | Robert Lips | Switzerland |
| AC | Jean Jacoby | Luxembourg |
Paintings
The following painters took part:[25]
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Unknown event
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Applied arts
The following painters took part:[27]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Walter Diggelmann | Switzerland |
| 2 | Alfred Hierl | Germany |
| 3 | Stanisław Ostoja-Chrostowski | Poland |
| AC | Maria Jacoby | Luxembourg |
| AC | Lucjan Kintopf | Poland |
| AC | Ernst Böhm | Germany |
| AC | Julius Engelhard | Germany |
| AC | Ludwig Hohlwein | Germany |
| AC | Dora Corty-Mönkemeyer | Germany |
| AC | Eduard Sauer | Germany |
| AC | Hartmuth Pfeil | Germany |
| AC | Jobst Kuch | Germany |
| AC | Paul Sinkwitz | Germany |
| AC | Robert Lips | Switzerland |
| AC | Alois Houba | Czechoslovakia |
| AC | William Welsh | United States |
Sculpture
Medals
The following sculptors took part:[28]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not awarded | |
| 2 | Luciano Mercante | Italy |
| 3 | Josuë Dupon | Belgium |
| AC | Günther von Scheven | Germany |
| AC | Omero Taddeini | Italy |
| AC | Edward Hald | Sweden |
| AC | Otto Placzek | Germany |
| AC | Pietro Borsari | Switzerland |
| AC | Mario Moschi | Italy |
| AC | Tait McKenzie |  Canada |
| AC | Simon Gate | Sweden |
| AC | Victor Demanet | Belgium |
| AC | Vicke Lindstrand | Sweden |
| AC | Joseph Witterwulghe | Belgium |
| AC | Hermann Wandinger | Germany |
| AC | Harold Winter | Germany |
| AC | Ludwig Kunstmann | Germany |
| AC | Publio Morbiducci | Italy |
Reliefs
The following sculptors took part:[29]
| Rank | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emil Sutor | Germany |
| 2 | Józef Klukowski | Poland |
| 3 | Not awarded | |
| AC | Otto Rost | Germany |
| AC | Roberto Terracini | Italy |
| AC | Robert Frank | Switzerland |
Statues
The following sculptors took part:[30]
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Unknown event
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