Art competitions were held as part of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.
The art exhibition was held in a hall of the Berlin Exhibition from 15 July to 16 August, and displayed 667 works of art from 22 countries. Additionally, the literature competition attracted 40 entries from 12 countries, and the music competition had 33 entries from 9 countries.
The art competitions at the 1936 Games were similar to the 1928 and 1932 Games, with medals being awarded in multiple subcategories for each of the five artistic categories. The judges declined to award any medals for three subcategories, and no gold medals for another three subcategories. Art competitions were part of the Olympic program from 1912 to 1948. 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 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 Architectural designSkiing StadiumReich Sport FieldSporting Centre in ViennaMunicipal planningReich Sport FieldMarine Park, BrooklynMunicipal Planning and Sporting Centre in Cologne
Literature Lyric works"The Runner""Profili Azzurri""The Discus"Dramatic worksnone awardednone awardednone awardedEpic works"Avoveteen""For the Top of the World""Olympic Discus"
Music Solo and chorus"Olympic Vow""Olympic Cantata, 1936""The Runner"Instrumentalnone awardednone awardednone awardedOrchestra"Olympic Festive Music""The Victor""Mountain Suite"
Painting Paintingsnone awarded"Runners at the Finishing Line""Ice Hockey"Drawings and water coloursnone awarded"Four Sketches for Frescoes""Classical Horse Racing in Japan"Graphic artsnone awardednone awardednone awardedApplied arts"Arosa I Placard""International Automobile Race on the Avus""Yachting Club Certificate"
Sculpture Statues"Sulky Driver""Decathlon Athlete""Wrestling Youths"Reliefs"Hurdlers""Ball"none awardedMedalsnone awarded"Medals""Equestrian Medals"
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 1936 Games.
Dance Hitler wanted to add a further selection of artistic events that he believed would glorify the Nazis to the programme of the 1936 Games, including dance. The International Olympic Committee declined to approve any of the events, though dance had been among the original planned art events when they were first introduced. Still, dance was included as an unofficial art event at the 1936 Games, known as the Internationale Tanzwettspiele. Fourteen nations took part, and a festival with choreography and performance by Harald Kreutzberg and Mary Wigman was held. Rudolf von Laban had also been contracted to contribute, but his choreography was not deemed to be suitable propaganda and he was placed under house arrest. Kreutzberg and Wigman then also took part in the competitive part of the dance event, being among the (honorary) medalists.
Events summary Architecture Designs for Town Planning
The following architects took part: Rank Name Country 1 Werner March, Walter March 2 Charles Downing Lay 3 Theodor Nußbaum AC Erwin Ilz, Hans Pfann AC Franz Peydl, Josef Schilhab
Architectural designs
The following architects took part: Rank Name Country 1 Hermann Kutschera 2 Werner March 3 Herbert Kastinger, Hermann Stiegholzer AC Costantino Costantini AC Johann Rezac
Further entries
The following architects took part: Rank Name Country AC Nomen Nescio AC Hermann Alker AC Roderich Fick AC Eduard Krüger AC Werner March AC Theodor Nußbaum AC Dieter Oesterlen AC Fred Otto AC Erich zu Putlitz AC Herbert Ruhl AC Alfred Schmidt AC Edmund Fabry AC Wilhelm Hirsch AC Franz Schuster AC Konstantinos Doxiadis AC Wolter Bakker AC Jo Boer AC Foeke Kuipers AC Ben Moolhuysen AC Sjraar Cuijpers AC Daan Roodenburgh AC Henri Zwiers AC Giulio Arata AC Enrico Bianchini AC Raffaello Fagnoni AC Dagoberto Ortensi Rank Name Country AC Paride Contri AC Costantino Costantini AC Amedeo D'Albora AC Angelo Frisa AC Guglielmo Giuliani AC Luigi Moretti AC Pier Luigi Nervi AC Cesare Valle AC Achille Pintonello AC Junichiro Ishikawa AC Hideto Kishida AC Yoshikazu Uchida AC Kosta Petrović AC Ferdinand Andri AC Hubert Matuschek AC Paul Meissner AC Leopold Bauer AC Oswald Haerdtl AC Hans Hofmann AC Fritz Trautmann AC Romuald Gutt AC Aleksander Szniolis AC Iuliu Hațieganu AC Hanns Beyeler AC Josef Kříž AC Jaroslav Nedvěd Rank Name Country AC Josef Bauer AC Václav Houdek AC Hans Ruda AC Rudolf Procházka AC Karel Martínek AC Egon Plefka AC Václav Slavík AC Bohumil Kněžek AC Josef Václavík AC Béla Piros AC Dwight James Baum AC Archibald Brown AC Roland Coate AC F. L. Gregory AC Gordon Kaufmann AC Frederic King AC Frank Molther AC Alfred Poor AC John Russell Pope AC Oskar Reichert AC Bruno Biehler AC Hans Schlottmann AC Karl Wach AC Jan Wils AC Comune della Città di Torino
Literature
Epic works
The following writers took part: Rank Name Country 1 Urho Karhumäki 2 Wilhelm Ehmer 3 Jan Parandowski
Lyric works
The following writers took part: Rank Name Country 1 Felix Dhünen 2 Bruno Fattori 3 Hans Helmut Stoiber
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The following writers took part:
Rank Name Country AC Anne Lindbergh AC Klára Marik AC Lina Galli AC Jerry AC Alexander Roda Roda AC Alba de Céspedes AC Alexander Lernet-Holenia AC Avery Brundage AC Ernst Udet AC Eugenio Barisoni AC Francis Magoun AC Franco Ciampitti
Rank Name Country AC Fred Jent AC Hans Domizlaff AC Hans Schöchlin AC Heinrich Rienössl AC Hans Naderer AC Hermann Stowasser AC Jack Schumacher AC László Tharnói-Kostyál AC Lino Businco AC Louis Grivel AC Hubertus von Beyer AC MacKinlay Kantor
Rank Name Country AC Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth AC Ottó Misángyi AC Paul Dresse AC Paul Martin AC Richard Augsten AC Rudolf von Eichthal AC Takis Sakellariou AC Teofil Marschalkóborn Teofil Savniky; under this name he competed for Hungary in the 1921 Summer Olympics (1500 metres). AC Theodor Mayer AC Theron Newell AC Wilfried Strik-Strikfeldt
Music
Compositions for orchestra
The following composers took part:
Rank Name Country 1 Werner Egk 2 Lino Liviabella 3 Jaroslav Křička HM Jiang Wen-Ye HM Gian Luca Tocchi AC Marius Monnikendam AC Alexander Langeweg AC Marc-César Scotto AC Robert Sanders AC Roy Harris AC Quincy Porter
Compositions for solo or chorus
The following composers took part:
Rank Name Country 1 Paul Höffer 2 Kurt Thomas 3 Harald Genzmer
Instrumental and chamber
The following composers took part:
Rank Name Country AC Gabriele Bianchi
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The following composers took part:
Rank Name Country AC Chiffre AC Noboru Ito AC Dante D'Ambrosi AC Demetrij Žebre AC František Koubek AC Hans Luckasch AC Heinrich Schmidt AC Herbert Wieninger AC Jan Pešta AC Karl Etti AC Karl Pilß AC Kosaku Yamada AC Ludwig Miller AC Renzo Massarani AC Saburo Moroi AC Shukichi Mitsukuri AC Norbert Sprongl AC Jaroslav Křička
Painting Drawings and water colours
The following painters took part:
Rank Name Country 1 Not awarded 2 Romano Dazzi 3 Sujaku Suzuki AC Jean Jacoby AC Rūdolfs Mazūrs AC Désiré Piryns AC Georg Lagerstedt AC Robert Lips
Graphic arts
The following painters took part:
Rank Name Country AC Robert Lips AC Jean Jacoby
Paintings
The following painters took part: Rank Name Country 1 Not awarded 2 Rudolf Eisenmenger 3 Ryuji Fujita AC Augusts Annuss AC Eugeniusz Arct AC Georges Frédéric AC Gijs Kramer AC Carl Otto Müller AC Grace Browne AC Louise Bianchini AC Engelbert Bertel-Nordström AC Poul Bille-Holst Rank Name Country AC Ossian Elgström AC Auguste Philippe Marocco AC Bengt Tandberg AC Carl Gunne AC Dechko Uzunov AC Folke Persson AC Frans Langeveld AC Georg Lagerstedt AC Gerhard Gyllenhammar AC Gunnar Torhamn AC Gustav Fjæstad Rank Name Country AC Helge Zandén AC John Sjösvärd AC Konstantīns Visotskis AC Olle Nordberg AC Stig Munthe-Sandberg AC Thorvald Hagedorn-Olsen AC Voldemārs Vimba AC Lodew Bosscke AC Anne Pierre de Kat AC Nikola Mikhaylov AC Leo von König
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The following painters took part: