Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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 July 15 to August 16, and displayed 667 works of art from 22 different countries. Additionally, the literature competition attracted 40 entries from 12 countries, and the music competition had 33 entries from 9 countries. [cite book |last=Diem |first=Carl |title=XI^th Olympic Games, Berlin 1936 Official Report |publisher=Wilhelm Limpert |location=Berlin |year=1937 |pages=pp. 1106–1123 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936v2sum.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-03-25]

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. [cite web |title=Olympic Art Competition 1936 Berlin |work=Olympic Games Museum |author=Wagner, Juergen |url=http://olympic-museum.de/art/1936.htm |accessdate=2008-03-26] 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. [cite journal |title=In Search of the Lost Champions of the Olympic Art Contests |last=Kramer |first=Bernhard |journal=Journal of Olympic History |volume=12 |issue=2 |year=2004 |month=May |pages=pp. 29–34 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv12n2/johv12n2m.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-03-25] 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. [cite journal |title=Report on Art Exhibitions |last=Bolanaki |first=A. |journal=Bulletin du Comité International Olympique |issue=27 |year=1951 |month=June |pages=p. 34 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |location=Lausanne |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1951/BDCE27/BDCE27l.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-03-26] Since 1952, a non-competitive art and cultural festival has been associated with each Games.

Architecture

Painting

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