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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. 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. Medal summary 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 The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 22 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,408 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports. With the exception of tennis (starting on 5 May) and football and shooting (both starting on 29 June), the games were held within a month with an official opening on 6 July. It was the last Olympics to issue solid gold medals and, with Japan's debut, the first time an Asian nation participated. Stockholm was the only bid for the games, and was selected in 1909. The games were the first to have art competitions, women's diving, women's swimming, and the first to feature both the decathlon and the new pentathlon, both won by Jim Thorpe. Electric timing was introduced in athletics, while the host country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Dubois (sculptor)
Georges Dubois (18 March 1865–17 May 1934) was a French sculptor who produced a bust of Frédéric Chopin for a memorial in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. He won a silver medal in the Art competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics, mixed sculpturing event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Career In 1900, Dubois produced a bust of Frédéric Chopin for a memorial in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. The bust had been requested the year before, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Chopin's death, by Jules Massenet. The bust was removed from the Jardin du Luxembourg in 1942, and in 1999, it was replaced by a replica made by . In 1906, Dubois met with the Olympic Committee to discuss adding Art competitions at the Summer Olympics, art competitions to the Summer Olympic Games. Dubois was a speaker at the event, and also produced a fencing display. He entered a plaster model of the doors of a Gymnasium (ancient Greece), gymnasium, entitled ''Model of the entrance to a modern stad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Adam (French Novelist)
Paul Auguste Marie Adam (7 December 1862 – 1 January 1920) was a French novelist who became an early proponent of Symbolism in France, and one of the founders of the Symbolist review '' Le Symboliste''. Career Adam's first novel, ''Chair molle'' ("Soft Flesh"), was the story of a prostitute in the Naturalist manner, which led to him being prosecuted for immorality before the Cour d'assises and sentenced to a fortnight in prison and a 500-franc fine. Together with Jean Moréas, he co-wrote ''Les Demoiselles Goubert'', a novel that marked the transition between Naturalism and Symbolism in French literature. His ''Lettres de Malaisie'' (1897) was speculative fiction about politics in the future. He also wrote a series of historical novels that dealt with the period of the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath; the first installment in the series, ''La Force'', was published in 1899. It was followed by ''L'enfant d'Austerlitz'' (1901), ''La ruse'' (1902) and ''Au soleil de Jui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Letainturier-Fradin
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. 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. Medal summary 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 The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Pottecher
Maurice Pottecher (19 October 1867 – 16 April 1960) was a French writer, and the creator and for many years the director of the ''Théâtre du Peuple'' in Bussang Bussang (; or ''Büssing'') is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in Northeastern France. Known as the source of the Moselle River The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges moun ..., his place of birth. His work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. References Bibliography * Georgette Jeanclaude, ''Un poète précurseur: Maurice Pottecher et le Théâtre du peuple'', SPC, Chateaudin, 1960, 270 pp. * Marie-José Pottecher-Onderet, Catherine Foki and Christine Devallois, ''L'aventure du théâtre populaire: une idée, le théâtre populaire: trois lieux, Bussang 1895, Théâtre national populaire 1920, Avignon 1947: trois hommes, Pottecher (1867-1960), Gemier (1869-1933), Vilar (1912-1971)'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Boulenger
Marcel Jacques Amand Romain Boulenger (Paris, 9 September 1873 – Chantilly, Oise, 21 May 1932) was a French novelist and fiction writer. He was awarded the Prix Nee of the Académie Française in 1918 and the Prix Stendhal in 1919. He was also a fencer of international standard, competing in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries. Writings As an author he is primarily known for his pastiches and his many faux "autobiographies" of imaginary persons, for example the ''Souvenirs du marquis de Floranges (1811-1834)'' (1923), and ''Le Duc de Morny, prince franc̦ais'' (1925). Olympics He competed in the fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested. 260 fencers from 19 nations competed. The events took place at the Tuileries Garden. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Hippenmeier
Konrad Hippenmeier (5 June 1880 – 10 April 1940) was a Swiss architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h .... His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. References 1880 births 1940 deaths 19th-century Swiss architects 20th-century Swiss architects Olympic competitors in art competitions Place of birth missing {{Switzerland-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Skarba-Wallraf
Julius Skarba-Wallraf (22 February 1883 – 2 February 1943) was a German architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h .... His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. References 1883 births 1943 deaths 19th-century German architects 20th-century German architects Olympic competitors in art competitions Architects from Budapest {{Germany-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Rees (architect)
Jacob Rees (15 October 1844 – 16 October 1933) was a British architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h .... His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. References 1844 births 1933 deaths 19th-century British architects 20th-century British architects Olympic competitors in art competitions People from Merthyr Tydfil {{UK-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Fatio
Guillaume Fatio (11 September 1865 – 4 June 1958) was a Swiss architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h .... His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. References 1865 births 1958 deaths 19th-century Swiss architects 20th-century Swiss architects Olympic competitors in art competitions Architects from Geneva {{Switzerland-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frantz Jourdain
Frantz Jourdain (3 October 1847 – 22 August 1935) was a Belgian architect and author. He is best known for La Samaritaine, an Art Nouveau department store built in the 1st arrondissement of Paris in three stages between 1904 and 1928. He was respected as an authority on Art Nouveau. Life Frantz Jourdain was born in 1847. In the 1860s he studied in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts. He obtained French citizenship in 1870. Critic Jourdain was a theoretician of Art Nouveau. He began writing on the arts in 1875, and by the end of his life had published about two hundred articles in sixty magazines and newspapers, at first news items but later critical articles in which he expressed his thoughts on art. Some of these were gathered into collections in 1886 and 1931. His writings were eclectic. Apart from writing on artistic questions he published a picaresque romance, two collections of short stories, a novel, a play and two collections of portraits of artists. Between 1880 and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
