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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. 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. 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. 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. At a meeting of the International Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium Amsterdam 1928
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Alfred Hensel
Alfred Hensel (8 March 1880 – 15 September 1969) was a German architect and director of the Nuremberg parks department. He won a gold medal for town planning in the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from .... He was awarded the medal for his work on the sports and leisure park on the eastern bank of Dutzendteich Lake in Nuremberg. At the time the arena was described as "the most beautiful stadium in the world". References 1880 births 1969 deaths 19th-century German architects Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic competitors in art competitions 20th-century German architects {{Germany-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walther Klemm
Walther Klemm (June 18, 1883 – August 11, 1957) was a German painter, printmaker, and illustrator. He was born in Karlsbad and studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the University of Vienna. In 1904 he exhibited with the Vienna Secession and moved to Prague and established a studio with Carl Thiemann. Klemm and Thiemann moved to the Dachau art colony in 1908 and both joined the Berlin Secession and Deutscher Künstlerbund around 1910. Klemm was appointed professor of graphics at the Weimar Saxon Grand Ducal Art School in 1913 and after the Second World War aided in the reconstruction of the Weimar Art School. In 1952 he was named an honorary senator of the Weimar School of Architecture and Civil and Structural Engineering (now absorbed by the Bauhaus University, Weimar The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is a university located in Weimar, Germany, and specializes in the artistic and technical fields. Established in 1860 as the Great Ducal Saxon Art Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Knight
Dame Laura Knight ( Johnson; 4 August 1877 – 7 July 1970) was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition, who embraced English Impressionism. In her long career, Knight was among the most successful and popular painters in Britain. Her success in the male-dominated British art establishment paved the way for greater status and recognition for women artists. In 1929 she was created a Dame, and in 1936 became the second woman elected to full membership of the Royal Academy.The first was Annie Swynnerton, who was elected to full membership in 1922, although shortly afterwards her membership status was changed to 'associate' when it was realized she was over the normal cut-off age for full membership, 75, at time of admission. Her large retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1965 was the first for a woman. Knight was known for painting amidst the world of the theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Israëls
Isaac Lazarus Israëls (3 February 1865 – 7 October 1934) was a Dutch painter associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement. Biography The son of Jozef Israëls, one of the most respected painters of the Hague School, and Aleida Schaap, Isaac Israëls displayed precocious artistic talent from an early age. Between 1880 and 1882 he studied at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, where he met George Hendrik Breitner who was to become a lifelong friend. In 1881, when he was 16, he sold a painting, ''Bugle Practice'', even before it was finished to the artist and collector Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Two portraits he made in the same year of his grandmother and a family friend, Nannette Enthoven (below), attest to the technical ability he had attained by that age. Starting in 1878, Israëls made annual visits to the ''Salon des Artistes Français'' with his father and in 1882 made his debut there with ''Military Burial''. In the 1885 ''Salon'' he received an honourable m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolph Simonsen
Rudolph Hermann Simonsen (April 30, 1889 – March 28, 1947) was a Danish composer who studied under Otto Malling. In 1928, he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his Symphony No. 2: ''Hellas''. From 1931 Simonsen headed Royal Danish Academy of Music The Royal Danish Academy of Music, or Royal Danish Conservatory of Music ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium), in Copenhagen is the oldest professional institution of musical education in Denmark as well as the largest, with approxima .... References External links DatabaseOlympics profile* 1889 births 1947 deaths Danish composers Male composers Olympic bronze medalists in art competitions Directors of the Royal Danish Academy of Music Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic competitors in art competitions 20th-century male musicians {{denmark-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margo Scharten-Antink
Margo Sybranda Everdina Scharten-Antink (September 7, 1868 – November 27, 1957) was a Dutch poet. She was born in Zutphen and died in Florence, Italy. In 1928 she and her husband Carel Scharten won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for their "De nar uit Maremmen" ("The Fool in Maremma The Maremma (, ; from Latin , "maritime and) is a coastal area of western central Italy, bordering the Tyrrhenian Sea. It includes much of south-western Tuscany and part of northern Lazio. It was formerly mostly marshland, often malarial, bu ..."). References External links profile * 1869 births 1957 deaths Dutch women poets Olympic bronze medalists in art competitions People from Zutphen Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic competitors in art competitions {{netherlands-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carel Scharten
Carel Theodorus Scharten (March 14, 1878 – October 31, 1950) was a Dutch novelist and poet. He was born in Middelburg and died in Florence, Italy. In 1928 he and his wife Margo Scharten-Antink Margo Sybranda Everdina Scharten-Antink (September 7, 1868 – November 27, 1957) was a Dutch poet. She was born in Zutphen and died in Florence, Italy. In 1928 she and her husband Carel Scharten won a bronze medal in the art competitions o ... won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for their "De nar uit Maremmen" ("The Fool from the Maremma"). References External links profile * * 1878 births 1950 deaths Dutch male poets Olympic bronze medalists in art competitions People from Middelburg, Zeeland Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic competitors in art competitions {{netherlands-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Weiß
Dr Ernst Weiss ( German: Weiß, August 28, 1882 – June 15, 1940) was a German-speaking Austrian physician and author of Jewish descent. He is the author of ''Ich'' , d''er Augenzeuge'' (The Eyewitness), a novel dealing with the Hitler period. Biography Ernst Weiss was born in Brünn, Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Brno in the Czech Republic) to the family of a prosperous Jewish cloth merchant.S. Saur, Pamela. "Ernst Weiss". The Literary Encyclopedia. 23 September 2006. Accessed 22 June 2008/ref> After his father died when he was four, he was brought up by his mother Berta, née Weinberg, who led him to art. However, after completing his secondary education in Brno, Litoměřice and Hostinné,Ernst Weiß – Kurzer Lebensabriß, he came to Prague to study medicine. In 1908 he finished his studies in Vienna and became a surgeon. He practiced in Bern, Vienna, and Berlin but he developed tuberculosis and tried to recover as a ship doctor on a trip to India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Mező
Ferenc Mező, also known as Grünfeld (March 13, 1885 – November 21, 1961), was a Hungarian poet. He was born in Pölöskefő Pölöskefő (german: Grünfeld) is a village in Zala County, Hungary. Notable residents *Ferenc Mező Ferenc Mező, also known as Grünfeld (March 13, 1885 – November 21, 1961), was a Hungarian poet. He was born in Pölöskefő, Zala ..., Zala County, and died in Budapest. In 1928, he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "History of the Olympic Games". References Further reading * Reményi Gyenes István: ''Ismerjük őket? Zsidó származású nevezetes magyarok'' (Ex Libris Kiadó, Budapest, 2000) External links Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000-1990: Mező Ferenc, Grünfeld Életrajza a MOB honlapján 1885 births 1961 deaths 20th-century Hungarian poets Hungarian male poets Olympic gold medalists in art competitions Art competitors at the 1928 Summer Olympics International Olympic Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Weltzer
Christian Johannes Weltzer (4 February 1900 – 3 September 1951) was a Danish poet. In 1928 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Symphonia Heroica" ("Heroic Symphony"). References External links profile 1900 births 1951 deaths [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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