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.^[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

Category	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

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
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

Architecture

The following architects took part:^[6]

Rank	Name	Country
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

The following writers took part:^[7]

Rank	Name	Country
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

The following composers took part:^[8]

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

Painting

The following painters took part:^[9]

Rank	Name	Country
1	Carlo Pellegrini	Italy
AC	Ernest Townsend	Great Britain
AC	Ferdinand Gueldry	France
AC	Jean François Raffaëlli	France

Sculpture

The following sculptors took part:^[10]

Rank	Name	Country
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

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. 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

• Bergvall, Erik, ed. (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.
• 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.