Art competitions were held as part of 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 ...
in
Amsterdam
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. Medals were awarded in five categories (
architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...
,
literature
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...
,
music
Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...
,
painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...
, and
sculpture
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...
), for works inspired by sport-related themes.
The art exhibition was held at the
Stedelijk Museum
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 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 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 ...
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. Since 1952, a non-competitive art and cultural festival has been associated with each Games.
Architecture
Literature
Music
Painting
Sculpture
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, and these totals are not included in the IOC's medal table for the 1928 Games.
Events summary
Architecture
Designs for Town Planning
The following architects took part:
Architectural Designs
The following architects took part:
Further entries
The following architects took part:
Literature
Dramatic works
The following writers took part:
Epic works
The following writers took part:
Lyric works
The following writers took part:
Music
Compositions for orchestra
The following composers took part:
Compositions for solo or chorus
The following composers took part:
Compositions for instrumental and chamber
The following composers took part:
Painting
Drawings and water colours
The following painters took part:
Graphic arts
The following painters took part:
Paintings
The following painters took part:
Sculpture
Medals and Reliefs
The following sculptors took part:
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Edwin Grienauer
Edwin Grienauer (March 7, 1893 – August 21, 1964) was an Austrian sculptor and medalist. He was born and died in Vienna.
Life
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Edwin Scharff
Edwin Scharff (21 March 1887 – 18 May 1955) was a German sculptor. He was born in Neu-Ulm and died in Hamburg.
Biography
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Ernst Gorsemann
Ernst Gorsemann (15 February 1886 – 19 July 1960) was a German sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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Kurt Harald Isenstein
Kurt Harald Isenstein (13 August 1898 – 3 February 1980) was a German sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), ...
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Josef Wackerle
Joseph Wackerle (15 May 1880, Partenkirchen – 20 March 1959, Partenkirchen) was a German sculptor. His work was also part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Life
Wackerle's grandfather was a wo ...
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Richard Scheibe
Richard Scheibe (19 April 1879, Chemnitz – 6 October 1964, Berlin) was a German artist primarily remembered as a sculptor. He trained as a painter, and taught himself to sculpt beginning in 1906. From 1925-1933 he taught at the Städelsches K ...
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Henri Dropsy
Henri Dropsy (21 January 1885 – 2 November 1969) was a French sculptor and medallist. He is the son of Emile Dropsy. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1928 Summer Olympics
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Statues
The following sculptors took part:
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Paul Landowski
Paul Maximilien Landowski (1 June 1875 – 31 March 1961) was a French monument sculptor of Polish descent. His best-known work is '' Christ the Redeemer'' in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Biography
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Milo Martin
Milo Martin (6 February 1893 – 26 July 1970) was a Switzerland, Swiss sculptor and medal-artist.
Life
He was born in Morges as the son of Émile Martin, an engraver and lithographer. Milo Martin studied in Lausanne (notably under Carl ...
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Renée Sintenis
Renée Sintenis, née Renate Alice Sintenis (20 March 1888 – 22 April 1965), also known as Frau Emil R. Weiss, was a German sculptor, medallist, and graphic artist who worked in Berlin. She created mainly small-sized animal sculptures, fe ...
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Franz Barwig
Franz Barwig (19 April 1868 – 15 May 1931) was an Austrian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He committed suicide by shooting himself in 1931.
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Adolf Wagner
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Early years
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Alphonse De Cuyper
Alphonse Josef De Cuyper (1887–1950) was a Belgian sculptor and painter from Heverlee, Leuven
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Guillaume Dumont
Guillaume Dumont (born 1889, date of death unknown) was a Belgian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Career
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Raymond Rivoire
Raymond Rivoire (21 October 1884 – 27 September 1966) was a French sculptor. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), ...
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Constant Roux
Constant Ambroise Roux (20 April 1865, Marseille - 17 November 1942, Marseille) was a French sculptor.
Biography
Roux' parents ran a chemist shop and Roux started working at a young age for Achille Blanqui, who was a furniture maker. Roux he ...
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Gilbert Bayes
Gilbert William Bayes (4 April 1872 – 10 July 1953) was an English sculptor. His art works varied in scale from medals to large architectural clocks, monuments and equestrian statues and he was also a designer of some note, creating chess piec ...
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Paul Berger
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Carl Egler
Carl Egler (3 July 1896 – 16 August 1982) was a German sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known ...
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August Kraus
August Friedrich Johann Kraus (9 July 1868, Ruhrort - 8 February 1934, Berlin) was a German sculptor.
Life
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Max Laeuger
Max Laeuger (30 September 1864 – 12 December 1952) was a German architect, artist, and ceramicist. He was born and died in Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg.
Working initially in an Art Nouveau style, he was perhaps the most important figure ...
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Gerhard Marcks
Gerhard Marcks (18 February 1889 – 13 November 1981) was a German artist, known primarily as a sculptor, but who is also known for his drawings, woodcuts, lithographs and ceramics.
Early life
Marcks was born in Berlin, where, at the age of 18, ...
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Ottmar Obermaier
Ottmar Obermaier (17 November 1883 – 30 January 1958) was a German sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), offi ...
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Franz von Stuck
Franz von Stuck (February 23, 1863 – August 30, 1928), born Franz Stuck, was a German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect. Stuck was best known for his paintings of ancient mythology, receiving substantial critical acclaim with '' The ...
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Fred Voelckerling
Fred Voelckerling (21 August 1872 – 27 January 1945) was a German sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), offic ...
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Georg Kolbe
Georg Kolbe (15 April 1877 – 20 November 1947) was a German sculptor. He was the leading German figure sculptor of his generation, in a vigorous, modern, simplified classical style similar to Aristide Maillol of France.
Early life and educa ...
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Oliver Sheppard
Oliver Sheppard (10 April 1865 – 14 September 1941) was an Irish sculptor, most famous for his 1911 bronze statue of the mythical Cuchullain dying in battle. His work was also part of the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the ...
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Carlo Fontana
Carlo Fontana (1634 or 1638–1714) was an Italian architect originating from today's Canton Ticino, who was in part responsible for the classicizing direction taken by Late Baroque Roman architecture.
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Chester Beach
Chester A. Beach (May 23, 1881 – August 6, 1956) was an American sculptor who was known for his busts and medallic art.
Early life
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Nessa Cohen
Nessa Cohen, born Helen Nessa Cohen, (December 11, 1885 - December 1976) was an American sculptor, born in New York City. She exhibited in the 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art.
Early life
Cohen was born on December 11, 1884 in New Yo ...
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Laura Gardin Fraser
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People
* Laura (given name)
* Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert
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* Laura Bay, a bay on ...
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Anna Hyatt Huntington
Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (March 10, 1876 – October 4, 1973) was an American sculptor who was among New York City's most prominent sculptors in the early 20th century. At a time when very few women were successful artists, she had a thrivi ...
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Hermon Atkins MacNeil
Hermon Atkins MacNeil (February 27, 1866 – October 2, 1947) was an American sculptor born in Everett, Massachusetts. He is known for designing the ''Standing Liberty'' quarter, struck by the Mint from 1916-1930; and for sculpting ''Justi ...
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Paul Manship
Paul Howard Manship (December 24, 1885 – January 28, 1966) was an American sculptor. He consistently created mythological pieces in a classical style, and was a major force in the Art Deco movement. He is well known for his large public com ...
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Carl Mose
Carl Christian Mose (February 17, 1903 – March 25, 1973) was an American sculptor and art teacher.
Life
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Janet Scudder
Janet Scudder (October 27, 1869 – June 9, 1940), born Netta Deweze Frazee Scudder, was an American sculptor and painter from Terre Haute, Indiana, who is best known for her memorial sculptures, bas-relief portraiture, and portrait medallions, ...
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Philip Sears
Philip Shelton Sears (November 12, 1867 – March 10, 1953) was an American tennis player and sculptor.
Early life
He was the son of Frederic Richard Sears and Albertina Homer Shelton. His twin brother was Herbert M. Sears, and older brother Ri ...
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Abastenia St. Leger Eberle
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle (April 6, 1878 – February 26, 1942) was an American sculptor known for her energetic, small bronze sculptures depicting poor immigrants on New York's City's Lower East Side. As an artist, Eberle had strong beliefs an ...
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Adolph Weinman
Adolph Alexander Weinman (December 11, 1870 – August 8, 1952) was a Germany-born American sculptor and Architectural sculpture, architectural sculptor.
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Pierre Christophe
Pierre Christophe (16 July 1880 – 13 February 1971) was a French animalier sculptor. He studied with the sculptor Georges Gardet, and participated for many years in the annual salon, receiving honorable mention in 1897 and 1899 and first p ...
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Paul Moreau-Vauthier
Paul Moreau-Vauthier (26 November 1871 – 2 February 1936) was a French sculptor.
Moreau-Vauthier first achieved public renown with his statue ''La Parisienne'' shown at the Exposition Universelle (1900) in Paris, and is now perhaps best know ...
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Hippolyte Peyrol
Hippolyte Peyrol (10 June 1856 – 24 December 1929) was a French sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officia ...
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René Quillivic
René Quillivic (1879–1969) was a French sculptor whose art expressed Breton cultural identity. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Life
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References
External links
Official catalogue programme via Olympic World Library
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1928 in art
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