1936 Summer Olympics / Art Competitions
At the XI. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , 15 art competitions were held in the fields of architecture, literature, music, painting and graphics as well as sculpture.
architecture
Urban planning designs
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GER |
Werner March Walter March |
Reichssportfeld |
| 2 | United States | Charles Downing Lay | "Brooklyn Marine Park" |
| 3 | GER | Theodor Nussbaum | "Cologne City Map and Sports Facilities" |
Architectural designs
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AUT | Hermann Kutschera | "Ski stadium" |
| 2 | GER | Werner March | "Reichssportfeld" |
| 3 | AUT |
Herbert Kastinger Hermann Stiegholzer |
"Battle site in Vienna" |
literature
Lyric works
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GER | Felix Dunes | "The runner" |
| 2 | ITA | Bruno Fattori | "Profili Azzurri" |
| 3 | AUT | Hans Helmut Stoiber | "The Discus" |
Dramatic works
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgiven | ||
| 2 | not forgiven | ||
| 3 | not forgiven |
Epic works
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIN | Urho Karhumäki | "In the open water" |
| 2 | GER | Wilhelm Ehmer | "Around the top of the world" |
| 3 | POLE | Jan Parandowski | "Olympic Discus" |
music
Solo and choral singing
| space | country | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GER | Paul Höffer | "Olympic Oath" |
| 2 | GER | Kurt Thomas | "Cantata for the 1936 Olympics" |
| 3 | GER | Harald Genzmer | "The runner" |
Instrumental music
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgiven | ||
| 2 | not forgiven | ||
| 3 | not forgiven |
Orchestral music
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GER | Werner Egk | "Olympic Festival Music" |
| 2 | ITA | Lino Liviabella | "The winner" |
| 3 | TCH | Jaroslav Křička | "Mountain Suite" |
Painting and graphics
painting
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgiven | ||
| 2 | AUT | Rudolf Hermann Eisenmenger | "Runner before the finish" |
| 3 | JPN | Ryūji Fujita | "Ice hockey" ( ア イ ス ホ ッ ケ ー , aisuhokkē ) |
Drawings and watercolors
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgiven | ||
| 2 | ITA | Romano Dazzi | "Four boxes for frescoes" |
| 3 | JPN | Sujaku Suzuki | "Classic Japanese horse race" ( 古典 的 競 馬 , kotenteki keiba ) |
graphic
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgiven | ||
| 2 | not forgiven | ||
| 3 | not forgiven |
Commercial art
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUI | Alex Walter Diggelmann | "Arosa I poster" |
| 2 | GER | Alfred Hierl | "International Avus Race" |
| 3 | POLE | Stanisław Ostoja-Chrostowski | "Yacht Club Diploma" |
Sculpture
Round sculptures
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ITA | Farpi Vignoli | "Guidatore di sulky" (" Sulky driver ") |
| 2 | GER | Arno Breker | "Decathlete" |
| 3 | SWE | Stig Blomberg | "Wrestling Boys" |
Reliefs
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GER | Emil Sutor | "Hurdler" |
| 2 | POLE | Jozef Klukowski | "Soccer game" |
| 3 | not forgiven |
Plaques
| space | country | Artist | plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgiven | ||
| 2 | ITA | Luciano Mercante | "Medals" |
| 3 | BEL | Josue Dupon | "Rider badges" |
Other awards
Hettie and Günter Dyhrenfurth (Switzerland) received the last Olympic mountaineering prize, Prix olympique d'alpinisme, for their Himalayan expeditions in 1930 and 1934. Hermann Schreiber (Switzerland) was awarded the gold medal for a glider flight over the Alps.
Web links
- Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )