Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Art competitions were held as part of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.[1]

The art exhibition was held at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 15 July to 14 August, and displayed works of art from 27 different countries. The literature competition attracted 44 entries, and the music competition had 36 entries.[2]

The art competitions included multiple subcategories for each of the five artistic categories.[3] The judges declined to award any medals for dramatic works in literature, and no gold medals in another five subcategories. Alex Diggelmann of Switzerland won both a silver medal and a bronze medal for two different entries in the applied arts and crafts subcategory, a feat unlikely to be duplicated in any event in the current Olympic program.

These were the last Games in which art competitions were held, after being in the official program for all Games since 1912.[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 while 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.

Architecture

Category Gold Silver Bronze
Architectural design  Adolf Hoch (AUT)
"Skisprungschanze auf dem Kobenzl"
 Alfred Rinesch (AUT)
"Watersports Centre in Carinthia"
 Nils Olsson (SWE)
"Baths and Sporting Hall for Gothenburg"
Town planning  Yrjö Lindegren (FIN)
"The Centre of Athletics in Varkaus, Finland"
 Werner Schindler and Edy Knupfer (SUI)
"Swiss Federal Sports and Gymnastics Training Centre"
 Ilmari Niemeläinen (FIN)
"The Athletic Centre in Kemi, Finland"

Literature

Category Gold Silver Bronze
Lyric works  Aale Tynni (FIN)
"Laurel of Hellas"
 Ernst van Heerden (RSA)
"Six Poems"
 Gilbert Prouteau (FRA)
"Rythme du Stade"
Dramatic works none awarded none awarded none awarded
Epic works  Giani Stuparich (ITA)
"La Grotta"
 Josef Petersen (DEN)
"The Olympic Champion"
 Éva Földes (HUN)
"The Well of Youth"

Music

Category Gold Silver Bronze
Vocal none awarded none awarded  Gabriele Bianchi (ITA)
"Inno Olimpionico"
Instrumental and chamber none awarded  John Weinzweig (CAN)
"Divertimenti for Solo Flute and Strings"
 Sergio Lauricella (ITA)
"Toccata per Pianoforte"
Choral and orchestral  Zbigniew Turski (POL)
"Olympic Symphony"
 Kalervo Tuukkanen (FIN)
"Karhunpyynti"
 Erling Brene (DEN)
"Vigeur"

Painting and graphic art

Category Gold Silver Bronze
Oils and water colours  Alfred Thomson (GBR)
"London Amateur Championships"
 Giovanni Stradone (ITA)
"Le Pistard"
 Letitia Hamilton (IRL)
"Meath Hunt Point-to-Point Races"
Engravings and etchings  Albert Decaris (FRA)
"Swimming Pool"
 John Copley (GBR)
"Polo Players"
 Walter Battiss (RSA)
"Seaside Sport"
Applied arts and crafts none awarded  Alex Diggelmann (SUI)
"World Championship for Cycling Poster"
 Alex Diggelmann (SUI)
"World Championship for Ice Hockey Poster"

Sculpture

Category Gold Silver Bronze
Statues  Gustaf Nordahl (SWE)
"Homage to Ling"
 Chintamoni Kar (GBR)
"The Stag"
 Hubert Yencesse (FRA)
"Nageuse"
Reliefs none awarded none awarded  Rosamund Fletcher (GBR)
"The End of the Covert"
Medals and plaques none awarded  Oskar Thiede (AUT)
"Eight Sports Plaques"
 Edwin Grienauer (AUT)
"Prize Rowing Trophy"

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,[6] and these totals are not included in the IOC's medal table for the 1948 Games.[7]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Finland (FIN)2114
2 Austria (AUT)1214
 Great Britain (GBR)1214
4 Italy (ITA)1124
5 France (FRA)1023
6 Sweden (SWE)1012
7 Poland (POL)1001
8  Switzerland (SUI)0213
9 Denmark (DEN)0112
 South Africa (RSA)0112
11 Canada (CAN)0101
12 Hungary (HUN)0011
 Ireland (IRL)0011
Totals (13 nations)8111332

Events summary

Architecture

Designs for Town Planning

The following architects took part:[8]

RankNameCountry
1Yrjö Lindegren Finland
2Edy Knupfer, Werner Schindler Switzerland
3Ilmari Niemeläinen Finland
ACJack Néel, Pierre Vago France

Architectural designs

The following architects took part:[9]

RankNameCountry
1Adolf Hoch Austria
2Alfred Rinesch Austria
3Nils Olsson Sweden
ACDagoberto Ortensi Italy
ACDragan Boltar Yugoslavia
ACFranjo Neidhardt Yugoslavia
ACVladimir Turina Yugoslavia
ACFrantišek Marek Czechoslovakia
ACPatrick Horsbrugh Great Britain
ACÖrjan Lüning Sweden
ACFerdinand Marani Canada
ACRobert Morris Canada

Further entries

The following architects took part:[10]

RankNameCountry
ACCharles Terry Pledge Great Britain
ACWilhelm Andreas Herdey Austria
ACLorle Herdey-von Savageri Austria
ACAlexander Scott Great Britain
ACA. Tarık Eğrilmez Turkey
ACRenato Giovanelli Italy
ACDagoberto Ortensi Italy
ACThurston Williams Great Britain
ACMaxwell Ayrton Great Britain
ACHans Janssen Netherlands
ACWalter van der Valk Netherlands
ACEskil Lundahl Sweden
ACSture Frölén Sweden
RankNameCountry
ACJan Wils Netherlands
ACHans Asplund Sweden
ACBerkeley Moir Great Britain
ACPatroklos Karantinos Greece
ACKarel Kuthan Czechoslovakia
ACSjoerd Joustra Netherlands
ACPredrag Kovačević Yugoslavia
ACHarold Kaplan Canada
ACAbraham Sprachman Canada
ACVlastibor Klimeš Czechoslovakia
ACFerdinand Balcárek Czechoslovakia
ACMario Ghedina Italy
ACKonstantinos Aslanidis Greece
RankNameCountry
ACGuy Ardilouze France
ACJean Démaret France
ACOthello Zavaroni France
ACCarlo Di Maria Italy
ACAlfred Ferraz France
ACLucien Seignol France
ACGeorges Tourry France
ACAuguste Perret France
ACGuy Sabrou France
ACSiegfried Theiß Austria
ACHans Jaksch Austria
ACDermot O'Toole Ireland

Literature

Dramatic works

The following writers took part:[11]

RankNameCountry
ACClotilde Luisi Uruguay
ACJosé María Podestá Uruguay
ACBenoît Bickel Switzerland

Epic works

The following writers took part:[12]

RankNameCountry
1Giani Stùparich Italy
2Josef Petersen Denmark
3Éva Földes Hungary
ACHans Breidbach-Bernau Austria
ACStanislaus Lynch Ireland
ACGiorgio Caproni Italy
ACMax Ehinger Switzerland
ACMiklós Jós Hungary
ACPhilip Greene Ireland
ACPhilip Rooney Ireland
ACJuuse Tamminen Finland
ACJoel Laikka Finland

Lyric works

The following writers took part:[13]

RankNameCountry
1Aale Tynni Finland
2Ernst Van Heerden South Africa
3Gilbert Prouteau France
ACHeikki Asunta Finland
ACEleuter Iwaszkiewicz Poland
ACWalter Roberts Great Britain
ACGiorgio Caproni Italy
ACMichele Caballo Galleano Italy
ACBenoît Bickel Switzerland
ACFerdinand Schell Switzerland
ACRené Borchanne Switzerland
ACStanislaus Lynch Ireland
ACFlora Vere O'Brien Ireland

Unknown event

The following writers took part:[14]

RankNameCountry
ACGeraldine Wright Canada
ACDoris Hedges Canada
ACGérard Bessette Canada
ACFrançois Hertel Canada

Music

Compositions for orchestra

The following composers took part:[15]

RankNameCountry
1Zbigniew Turski Poland
2Kalervo Tuukkanen Finland
3Erling Brene Denmark
ACGrażyna Bacewicz Poland
ACEinar Englund Finland
ACJan Kapr Czechoslovakia
ACMaurice Thiriet France
ACStanisław Wiechowicz Poland
ACYves Baudrier France
ACWerner Gallusser Switzerland
ACJean Daetwyler Switzerland
ACClermont Pépin Canada
ACAlexander Brott Canada
ACOskar Morawetz Canada
ACAarre Merikanto Finland


Instrumental and chamber

The following composers took part:[16]

RankNameCountry
1Not awarded
2John Weinzweig Canada
3Sergio Lauricella Italy
ACJean Coulthard Adams Canada
ACMario Panunzi Italy
ACHarry Somers Canada
ACJames C. Flynn Ireland

Vocals

The following composers took part:[17]

RankNameCountry
1Not awarded
2Not awarded
3Gabriele Bianchi Italy
ACIna Boyle Ireland
ACBarbara Pentland Canada
ACHarry Somers Canada
ACJohn Weinzweig Canada
ACGerard Victory Ireland
ACJan Zdeněk Bartoš Czechoslovakia

Unknown event

The following composers took part:[18]

RankNameCountry
ACVáclav Dobiáš Czechoslovakia
ACJosef Kouba Czechoslovakia

Painting

Graphic arts

The following painters took part:[19]

RankNameCountry
1Albert Decaris France
2John Copley Great Britain
3Walter Battiss South Africa
ACLaura Knight Great Britain
ACAdam Marczyński Poland
ACGino De Finetti Italy
ACChen Hsiao-nan China
ACJohn Skeaping Great Britain
ACGwen Raverat Great Britain
ACLilla Hellesen Norway
ACAndrzej Jurkiewicz Poland
ACDelmar Banner Great Britain
ACAndré Dunoyer de Segonzac France
ACFlora Vere O'Brien Ireland
ACHans Erni Switzerland
ACHeinrich Krause Austria
ACJames Bostock Great Britain
ACJohn Buckland-Wright Great Britain
ACLivinius van de Bundt Netherlands
ACLuc Albert Moreau France
ACWilliam Washington Great Britain
ACWinifred Austen Great Britain
ACLuigi Bartolini Italy
ACFrederick Austin Great Britain
ACAnthony Gross Great Britain

Paintings

The following painters took part:[20]

RankNameCountry
1Alfred Thomson Great Britain
2Giovanni Stradone Italy
3Letitia Hamilton Ireland
ACThies Luijt Netherlands
ACAimé Thevenet France
ACCosmo Clark Great Britain
ACFritz Brandtner Canada
ACLucien Fontanarosa France
ACWalter Battiss South Africa
ACGiuseppe Riccobaldi del Bava Italy
ACMimma Riccobaldi del Bava Italy
ACA. G. Chagale India
ACAlfred Gerstenbrand Austria
ACAnthony Gross Great Britain
ACBettina Somers Canada
ACChang Chien-ying China
RankNameCountry
ACCorrado Mancioli Italy
ACDelmar Banner Great Britain
ACHernando Ocampo Philippines
ACHoward Jarvis Great Britain
ACJan Goedhart Netherlands
ACJohn Platt Great Britain
ACK. S. Kulkarni India
ACKarl-Maria May Austria
ACLionel Edwards Great Britain
ACLotti Lobsiger-Schibli Switzerland
ACMino Maccari Italy
ACRobert Lips Switzerland
ACRoy Beddington Great Britain
ACRussell Reeve Great Britain
ACJohn Sanderson-Wells Great Britain
RankNameCountry
ACSun Zongwei China
ACCheng Wu-fei China
ACEgerton Cooper Great Britain
ACPaul Maze Great Britain
ACKarl Borschke Austria
ACLaura Knight Great Britain
ACJohn Copley Great Britain
ACJohn Skeaping Great Britain
ACAnna Zinkeisen Great Britain
ACGino De Finetti Italy
ACClifford Hall Great Britain
ACVera Matthews-Irving Canada
ACMaurice MacGonigal Ireland
ACCiaran Clear Ireland
ACThomas Healy Ireland

Unknown event

The following painters took part:[21]

RankNameCountry
ACAdrienne Jouclard France
ACAnna Zinkeisen Great Britain
ACDeirdre Henty-Creer Great Britain
ACDoris Zinkeisen Great Britain
ACEthel Gabain Great Britain
ACHeather Child Great Britain
ACPaula Maly Austria
ACVera Brookman Great Britain
ACLouis De Marquevic France
ACEgerton Cooper Great Britain
ACAlec Pecker Great Britain
ACAlfred Munnings Great Britain
ACAllan Walton Great Britain
ACKees Andrea Netherlands
ACAngelo Savelli Italy
ACÁsgeir Bjarnþórsson Iceland
ACCharles Cundall Great Britain
ACCharles Lamb Ireland
ACZhang Anzhi China
ACChristopher Campbell Ireland
ACClifford Hall Great Britain
ACKees Maks Netherlands
ACDimitrios Kokotsis Greece
ACDaniel Vázquez Spain
ACCoralie de Burgh Great Britain
ACDick Hart Great Britain
RankNameCountry
ACDomenico Purificato Italy
ACEduard Matras Austria
ACEdith Marion Scales Great Britain
ACEkke Ozlberger Austria
ACElli Riehl Austria
ACEmil Kotrba Czechoslovakia
ACFelice Ludovisi Italy
ACFeliks Topolski Great Britain
ACFrederick Austin Great Britain
ACGeorge Pilkington South Africa
ACGiuseppe Capogrossi Italy
ACGijs Kramer Netherlands
ACHans Erni Switzerland
ACHelen Sampson Great Britain
ACHenryk Tomaszewski Poland
ACHervé Morvan France
ACHerbert Gurschner Great Britain
ACJack Hanlon Ireland
ACJacques Maloubier France
ACJoão Fragoso Portugal
ACJohn Farleigh Great Britain
ACJohn Wheatley Great Britain
ACKarl Borschke Austria
ACKlaus Pachnicke Austria
ACLuigi Bartolini Italy
ACJerry Critchlow Great Britain
RankNameCountry
ACMario Cortiello Italy
ACMax Frey Austria
ACPaul Daxhelet Belgium
ACPaul Maze Great Britain
ACRoy de Maistre Great Britain
ACRay Howard-Jones Great Britain
ACRichard Murry Great Britain
ACThomas Dugdale Great Britain
ACVictor Coverley-Price Great Britain
ACVittorio Piscopo Italy
ACA. Wynne-Rogers Great Britain
ACWilhelm Kaufmann Austria
ACWilliam Fisher Great Britain
ACDenholm Armour Great Britain
ACCharles Simpson Great Britain
ACLaura Knight Great Britain
ACHoward Jarvis Great Britain
ACFrederic Whiting Great Britain
ACCosmo Clark Great Britain
ACLetitia Hamilton Ireland
ACNorman Wilkinson Great Britain
ACWilliam Nicholson Great Britain
ACAlex Walter Diggelmann Switzerland
ACWinifred Austen Great Britain
ACIan James Scott Great Britain

Applied arts

The following painters took part:[22]

RankNameCountry
1Not awarded
2Alex Walter Diggelmann Switzerland
3Alex Walter Diggelmann Switzerland
ACBernard Cuzner Great Britain
ACStanley Morris Great Britain
ACCecily Briant Great Britain
ACGertrude Bohnert Switzerland
ACJacques Maloubier France
ACGertrude Poilschek Austria
ACHelena Stuliková Czechoslovakia
ACJosephine Cheesman Great Britain
ACJoyce Himsworth Great Britain
RankNameCountry
ACPhyllis Platt Great Britain
ACAlf von Chmielowski Austria
ACAlois Mitschek Austria
ACCyril Shiner Great Britain
ACEdgard Derouet France
ACPaul Fromentier France
ACFreda Hands Great Britain
ACGeoffrey Holden Great Britain
ACH. E. Twaits Great Britain
ACIan James Scott Great Britain
ACJohn Auld Great Britain
RankNameCountry
ACJerzy Jarnuszkiewicz Poland
ACJohann Horvath Austria
ACRudolf Terhes Austria
ACLucien Bernier Canada
ACMans Meijer Netherlands
ACPaul Colin France
ACPeter Stebbing Great Britain
ACRalph Lavers Great Britain
ACReginald Till Great Britain
ACWilliam Wilson Great Britain
ACYvon Lalande Canada

Sculpture

Medals and plaques

The following sculptors took part:[23]

RankNameCountry
1Not awarded
2Oskar Thiede Austria
3Edwin Grienauer Austria
ACAlex Walter Diggelmann Switzerland
ACFilippo Sgarlata Italy
ACStanislav Binar Czechoslovakia
ACAlessandro Manzo Italy
ACOmero Taddeini Italy
ACThomas Wilkinson Great Britain

Reliefs

The following sculptors took part:[24]

RankNameCountry
1Not awarded
2Not awarded
3Rosamund Fletcher Great Britain

Statues

The following sculptors took part:[25]

RankNameCountry
1Gustaf Nordahl Sweden
2Chintamoni Kar Great Britain
3Hubert Yencesse France
ACEmilio Greco Italy
ACFilippo Sgarlata Italy
ACFranciszek Strynkiewicz Poland
ACJerzy Bandura Poland
ACJoseph Rivière France
ACKnud Nellemose Denmark
ACMargarete Markl Austria
ACEdwin Grienauer Austria
ACEdmund Reitter Austria
ACKarl Stemolak Austria
ACGuy Van Den Steen Belgium
ACElsy Blom-Wirz Belgium
RankNameCountry
ACOdon Lallemand Belgium
ACSybil Kennedy Canada
ACRobert Norgate Canada
ACHenri Lagriffoul France
ACJoël Martel France
ACJan Martel France
ACDora Gordine Great Britain
ACDavid Evans Great Britain
ACMary Morton Great Britain
ACPhyllis Bone Great Britain
ACEric Winters Great Britain
ACDesmond Broe Ireland
ACEdmondo Gigante Ireland
ACMay Power Ireland
ACFilippo Tallone Italy
RankNameCountry
ACAngelo Di Castro Italy
ACAlessandro Manzo Italy
ACCo Derr Netherlands
ACGraciano Nepomuceno Philippines
ACJacek Żuławski Poland
ACJan Ślusarczyk Poland
ACMaria Bujakowa Poland
ACHelena Bukowska-Szlekys Poland
ACHans Brandenberger Switzerland
ACFerdy Denzler Switzerland
ACOlof Ahlberg Sweden
ACKarel Otáhal Czechoslovakia
ACJakub Obrovský Czechoslovakia
ACJindřich Severa Czechoslovakia

Unknown event

The following sculptors took part:[26]

RankNameCountry
ACKarl Stemolak Austria
ACKostas Valsamis Greece
ACPeter Peri Great Britain
ACLeoncillo Leonardi Italy
ACMarcel Chauvenet France
ACMarino Mazzacurati Italy
ACMaurice Lambert Great Britain
ACMichael Drobil Austria
ACOtto Hofner Austria
ACPaul Vincze Great Britain
ACTait McKenzie Canada
ACRaymond Coulon France
RankNameCountry
ACRené Iché France
ACRobert Allan Miller Great Britain
ACSiegfried Charoux Great Britain
ACHugo Daini Italy
ACV. Robinson Hodge Great Britain
ACWäinö Aaltonen Finland
ACWalter Linck Switzerland
ACRosamund Fletcher Great Britain
ACChintamoni Kar Great Britain
ACNorman Tyrrell Great Britain
ACAntoni Kenar Poland
ACJakub Obrovský Czechoslovakia
RankNameCountry
ACGuy Van Den Steen Belgium
ACAlex Walter Diggelmann Switzerland
ACKnud Nellemose Denmark
ACFilippo Sgarlata Italy
ACFerdinand Opitz Austria
ACEdmund Moiret Austria
ACAlbin Döbrich Austria
ACKarin Jarl-Sakellarios Austria
ACJack Downing Great Britain
ACCharles Stanier Great Britain
ACW. G. Webb Great Britain
ACGertrude Bohnert Switzerland

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