# Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Art competitions were held as part of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.
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 game.

## Architecture

| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Architectural design | Gustave Saacké, Pierre Montenot, Pierre Bailly (FRA) Design for a "Cirque pour Toros" | John Russell Pope (USA) Design for the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, New Haven, Connecticut | Richard Konwiarz (GER) Design for a "Schlesierkampfbahn" in the Sport Park of Breslau |
| Town planning | John Hughes (GBR) Design for a Sports and Recreation Centre with Stadium, for the City of Liverpool | Jens Klemmensen (DEN) Design for a Stadium and Public Park | André Verbeke (BEL) Design for a "Marathon Park" |

## Literature

| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Literature | Paul Bauer (GER) "Am Kangehenzonga" | Josef Petersen (DEN) "The Argonauts" | none awarded |

## Music

| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Music | none awarded | Josef Suk (TCH) "Into a New Life" symphonic march | none awarded |

## Painting

| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Paintings | David Wallin (SWE) "At the Seaside of Arild" | Ruth Miller (USA) "Struggle" | none awarded |
| Watercolors and drawings | Lee Blair (USA) "Rodeo" | Percy Crosby (USA) "Jackknife" | Gerhard Westermann (NED) "Horseman" |
| Prints | Joseph Golinkin (USA) "Leg Scissors" | Janina Konarska (POL) "Narciarze" ("Skier") | Joachim Karsch (GER) "Stabwechsel" |

## Sculpture

| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Statues | Mahonri Young (USA) "The Knockdown" | Miltiades Manno (HUN) "Wrestling" | Jakub Obrovský (TCH) "Odysseus" |
| Medals and reliefs | Józef Klukowski (POL) "Sport Sculpture II" | Frederick MacMonnies (USA) "Lindbergh Medal" | R. Tait McKenzie (CAN) "Shield of the Athletes" |

## 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 (IOC). These events do not appear in the IOC medal database, and these totals are not included in the IOC's medal table for the 1932 Games.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |

## Events summary
### Architecture

Designs for Town Planning
The following architects took part:
| Rank | Name | Country |
| 1 | John Hughes | Great Britain |
| 2 | Jens Hovmøller Klemmensen | Denmark |
| 3 | André Verbeke | Belgium |
| AC | Louis Stynen | Belgium |
| AC | Alois Dryák | Czechoslovakia |
| AC | Hermann Alker | Germany |
| AC | Martin Westerberg | Sweden |
| AC | Shirley Baker | United States |
| AC | John Branner | United States |
| AC | Dan Ormsbee | United States |
Architectural Designs
The following architects took part:
| Rank | Name | Country |
| 1 | Gustave Saacké, Pierre Bailly, Pierre Montenot | France |
| 2 | John Russell Pope | United States |
| 3 | Richard Konwiarz | Germany |
Further entries
The following architects took part:
| Name | Country |
| Hugo Gorge | Austria |
| Alfred Keller | Austria |
| Richard Pfob | Austria |
| Hermann Tamussino | Austria |
| Fritz De Boever | Belgium |
| Deryck | Belgium |
| Raphaël Van Dorpe | Belgium |
| Frans Laporta | Belgium |
| Ferdinand Balcárek | Czechoslovakia |
| Karel Kopp | Czechoslovakia |
| Niels Rohweder | Denmark |
| Gustave Saacké | France |
| Pierre Bailly | France |
| Pierre Montenot | France |
| Ernst Balser | Germany |
| Max Bromme | Germany |
| Name | Country |
| Walter Gropius | Germany |
| Ernst Gerlach | Germany |
| Wilhelm Hübotter | Germany |
| Richard Konwiarz | Germany |
| Otto Ernst Schweizer | Germany |
| Jan Wils | Netherlands |
| Alfréd Hajós | Hungary |
| Pál Vágó | Hungary |
| Szabolcs Horváth | Hungary |
| Ivo Battelli | Italy |
| Masaichi Kobayashi | Japan |
| Kenji Ishihara | Japan |
| Edgar Norwerth | Poland |
| Gustaf Birch-Lindgren | Sweden |
| Robert Andrews | United States |
| Maurice Biscoe | United States |
| Name | Country |
| Howland Jones | United States |
| John Whitmore | United States |
| Berton Crandall | United States |
| Gavin Hadden | United States |
| Holabird & Root | United States |
| William Frenaye | United States |
| Edwin Howard | United States |
| Charles Klauder | United States |
| Donald Parkinson | United States |
| John Parkinson | United States |
| Richard Neutra | United States |
| Alfred Poor | United States |
| Robert Rodgers | United States |
| Howard Smith | United States |
| Jens Larson | United States |

### Literature

The following writers took part:
| Rank | Name | Country |
| 1 | Paul Bauer | Germany |
| 2 | Josef Petersen | Denmark |
| 3 | Not awarded | |
| AC | Avery Brundage | United States |
| AC | Marinus Børup | Denmark |
| AC | Anders Holm | Denmark |
| AC | Alfred Meyer | Germany |
| AC | August Hermann Zeiz | Germany |
| AC | Jan Feith | Netherlands |
| AC | Jan Kan | Netherlands |
| AC | György Doros | Hungary |
| AC | Miklós Hodászy | Hungary |
| AC | József Kucharik | Hungary |
| AC | Ottó Misángyi | Hungary |
| AC | Emil Neidenbach | Hungary |
| AC | Bruno Roghi | Italy |
| AC | Anders Lundin | Sweden |
| AC | Miroslav Bedřich Böhnel | Czechoslovakia |
| AC | Jack Sterrett | United States |

### Music

The following composers took part:
| Rank | Name | Country |
| 1 | Not awarded | |
| 2 | Josef Suk | Czechoslovakia |
| 3 | Not awarded | |
| AC | Emirto de Lima | Colombia |
| AC | Abelardo Cuevas | Cuba |
| AC | Lenva | Cuba |
| AC | Rogelio Pazquez | Cuba |
| AC | Hakon Børresen | Denmark |
| AC | Felix Labunski | France |
| AC | Rudolf Bode | Germany |
| AC | Wilhelm Guttmann | Germany |
| AC | Hermann Heiß | Germany |
| AC | Alphonse Henriquez | Haiti |
| AC | Coenraad Lodewijk Walther Boer | Netherlands |
| AC | Ernests Elks-Elksnītis | Latvia |
| Rank | Name | Country |
| AC | Marc-César Scotto | Monaco |
| AC | Johs Elvestad | Norway |
| AC | Michał Kondracki | Poland |
| AC | Józef Krudowski | Poland |
| AC | Armando Mencía | Switzerland |
| AC | Johanna Beyer | United States |
| AC | Georges Couvreur | United States |
| AC | Giovanni Del Colle | United States |
| AC | Lorraine Eckardt | United States |
| AC | Charles Edson | United States |
| AC | Charles Fletcher | United States |
| AC | Mabel Fossler | United States |
| AC | J. B. Gaskell | United States |
| AC | Gerardo Iasilli | United States |
| AC | Nana King | United States |
| Rank | Name | Country |
| AC | Jessica Lewis | United States |
| AC | Marjorie Lewis | United States |
| AC | Pearl Conklin | United States |
| AC | Michael Merecki | United States |
| AC | Floyd Morgenstern | United States |
| AC | Grace Nelson | United States |
| AC | Fred Pacheco | United States |
| AC | Achille Porcasi | United States |
| AC | Charles Ridgway | United States |
| AC | Hugo Scherzer | United States |
| AC | Elise Swanson | United States |
| AC | Pavel Bořkovec | Czechoslovakia |
| AC | Ladislav Kohout | Czechoslovakia |
| AC | Jaroslav Křička | Czechoslovakia |

### Painting

Drawings and water colours
The following painters took part:
| Rank | Name | Country |
| 1 | Lee Blair | United States |
| 2 | Percy Crosby | United States |
| 3 | Gerard Westermann | Netherlands |
| AC | Marcel Prévost | Belgium |
| AC | Acee Blue Eagle | United States |
| AC | Gösta von Hennigs | Sweden |
| AC | Jean Jacoby | Luxembourg |
| Rank | Name | Country |
| 1 | Joseph Webster Golinkin | United States |
| 2 | Janina Konarska-Słonimska | Poland |
| 3 | Joachim Karsch | Germany |
| AC | Armin Hansen | United States |
| AC | Haruyoshi Nagae | Japan |
| AC | Gerald Spencer Pryse | Great Britain |
| AC | Lewis Daniel | United States |
| Rank | Name | Country |
| 1 | David Wallin | Sweden |
| 2 | Ruth Miller | United States |
| 3 | Not awarded | |
| AC | Antonia Matos | Guatemala |
| AC | Charles Pears | Great Britain |
| AC | George Hill | United States |
| AC | Michał Bylina | Poland |
| AC | Wacław Borowski | Poland |
| Name | Country |
| Adrienne Jouclard | France |
| Agnes Canta | Netherlands |
| Anna Airy | Great Britain |
| Beata Beach | United States |
| Charlotte Berend-Corinth | Germany |
| Edith Magonigle | United States |
| Felicie Howell | United States |
| Frances J. Kelly | Ireland |
| Helen Wills | United States |
| Hélène Dufau | France |
| Hélène Gérard | Belgium |
| Hermine David | France |
| Hilda Roberts | Ireland |
| Isabel Bishop | United States |
| Jadwiga Hładki | Poland |
| Jadwiga Umińska | Poland |
| Kathryn Leighton | United States |
| Laura Knight | Great Britain |
| Leonia Nadelman | Poland |
| Lilian Westcott Hale | United States |
| Louise Nimmo | United States |
| Margaret Fitzhugh Browne | United States |
| Marja Obrębska | Poland |
| Marjorie Phillips | United States |
| Mary Wesselhoeft | United States |
| Polly Hill | United States |
| Ruth Peabody | United States |
| Suzanne Christophe | Belgium |
| Sybilla Mittell Weber | United States |
| Verena Ruegg | United States |
| Eleanor Modrakowska | United States |
| Peter Colfs | Belgium |
| Joseph Conrardy | Belgium |
| Dumortier | Belgium |
| Wauters | Belgium |
| André Dunoyer de Segonzac | France |
| Anton van Anrooy | Great Britain |
| Alfred Munnings | Great Britain |
| Archibald Hartrick | Great Britain |
| Acke Åslund | Sweden |
| Ado Baltus | Belgium |
| Albert Matignon | France |
| Alexander Tiranoff | United States |
| Alfred Poor | United States |
| Andreas Friis | Denmark |
| Andrzej Stypiński | Poland |
| Anshelm Schultzberg | Sweden |
| Anton Räderscheidt | Germany |
| Antonín Landa | Czechoslovakia |
| Arnold Friedman | United States |
| Arnold Wiltz | United States |
| Arthur Burgess | Great Britain |
| Arthur Freedlander | United States |
| Arthur Wellmann | Germany |
| Axel Sjöberg | Sweden |
| Benjamin Brown | United States |
| Bruno Liljefors | Sweden |
| Cornelis Kloos | Netherlands |
| Cecil Ross Burnett | Great Britain |
| Cornelis Mension | Netherlands |
| Chris van der Hoef | Netherlands |
| Carl Sprinchorn | United States |
| Carlo Testi | Italy |
| Charles Cundall | Great Britain |
| Charles Lamb | Ireland |
| Charles Payne | Great Britain |
| Charles Simpson | Great Britain |
| Charles Morris Young | United States |
| Charles Paul Gruppé | United States |
| Chikatoshi Enomoto | Japan |
| Corneille Lentz | Luxembourg |
| Kees van Dongen | France |
| Cuthbert Orde | Great Britain |
| David Ghilchik | Great Britain |
| Nelly Degouy | Belgium |
| Désiré Acket | Belgium |
| Donald Wood | Great Britain |
| Duncan Gleason | United States |
| Irving Couse | United States |
| Earl Purdy | United States |
| Eben Comins | United States |
| Edgar Seligman | Great Britain |
| Edith Horle | United States |
| Edmund Bartłomiejczyk | Poland |
| Édouard Fraisse | France |
| Edward Borein | United States |
| Edward Manteuffel | Poland |
| Hide Kawanishi | Japan |
| Eigil Schwab | Sweden |
| Erich Heckel | Germany |
| Erik Raadal | Denmark |
| Ernest Fiene | United States |
| Ernest Moore | Great Britain |
| Ernest Baker | United States |
| Ernst Böhm | Germany |
| Ernst Hansen | Denmark |
| Eugène Pechaubes | France |
| Eugeniusz Geppert | Poland |
| Francis Chapin | United States |
| Francis Hodge | Great Britain |
| Frank Benson | United States |
| Frank Mason | Great Britain |
| František Hoplíček | Czechoslovakia |
| Frederick Wight | United States |
| Name | Country |
| Friedrich Baur | Latvia |
| Fritz Göhring | Germany |
| Fritz Heinsheimer | Germany |
| Denholm Armour | Great Britain |
| Howard K. Elcock | Great Britain |
| Georg Lagerstedt | Sweden |
| George Collie | Ireland |
| Georg Gelbke | Germany |
| George Gibbs | United States |
| George Jacobs | United States |
| George Luks | United States |
| George Sheringham | Great Britain |
| Georges Baltus | Belgium |
| Georges Dantu | France |
| Gerald Foster | United States |
| Gerardo Dottori | Italy |
| Gert Wollheim | Germany |
| Gilbert Holiday | Great Britain |
| Gordon Stevenson | United States |
| Guy Pène du Bois | United States |
| György Kürthy | Hungary |
| Hans Pape | Germany |
| Harald Hansen | Denmark |
| Harold Shurtleff | United States |
| Harry Watson | Great Britain |
| Hayley Lever | United States |
| Heizo Kanayama | Japan |
| Helmer Osslund | Sweden |
| Henri Pinguenet | France |
| Henri Royer | France |
| Henri Zo | France |
| Henry Poore | United States |
| Herman Trunk | United States |
| Hermann Keimel | Germany |
| Howard Everett Smith | United States |
| Hugo Ballin | United States |
| Hugo Nicholson | United States |
| Hugo Siegmüller | Czechoslovakia |
| Hunt Diederich | United States |
| Isaac Grünewald | Sweden |
| Isaac Israëls | Netherlands |
| Isamu Toyofuji | Japan |
| Alfred Duriau | Belgium |
| Joachim Hellgrewe | Germany |
| Jānis Tīdemanis | Belgium |
| Humbert Craig | Ireland |
| Mortimer Lichtenauer | United States |
| Julius Engelhard | Germany |
| Jack Yeats | Ireland |
| James Chapin | United States |
| James Newell | United States |
| James Quinn | Australia |
| Jay Maddox | United States |
| Jean Jacoby | Luxembourg |
| Jean MacLane | United States |
| Jeremi Kubicki | Poland |
| Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland |
| Johan Bull | United States |
| Johannes Boehland | Germany |
| Jos Lussenburg | Netherlands |
| John W. Dunn | United States |
| John Koopman | United States |
| John Lavery | Great Britain |
| John MacGilchrist | United States |
| John Rich | United States |
| John Taylor Arms | United States |
| Józef Korolkiewicz | Poland |
| Jos Seckel | Netherlands |
| Julius Bloch | United States |
| Julius Paulsen | Denmark |
| Junpei Eto | Japan |
| Karl Hahn | Germany |
| Katsundo Kosaka | Japan |
| Kees Roovers | Netherlands |
| Kerr Eby | United States |
| Yoshie Nakada | Japan |
| Hitoshi Ikebe | Japan |
| Knud Merrild | Denmark |
| Konrad Srzednicki | Poland |
| Konstantīns Visotskis | Latvia |
| Koshiro Onchi | Japan |
| Kotaro Ikeda | Japan |
| Kojin Kozu | Japan |
| Kunzo Minami | Japan |
| Ludwig Waldschmidt | Germany |
| Leo Whelan | Ireland |
| Leonardo Borgese | Italy |
| Levon West | United States |
| Lewis Baumer | Great Britain |
| Lionel Edwards | Great Britain |
| Louis Denis-Valvérane | France |
| Louis Hechenbleikner | United States |
| Louis Malespina | France |
| Lucien Jonas | France |
| Ludvík Vacátko | Czechoslovakia |
| Ludwig Angerer | Germany |
| Ludwig Hohlwein | Germany |
| Menno van Meeteren Brouwer | Netherlands |
| Mahonri Mackintosh Young | United States |
| Mario Beltrami | Italy |
| Maurice Ehlinger | France |
| Max Clarenbach | Germany |
| Max Švabinský | Czechoslovakia |
| Michał Boruciński | Poland |
| Name | Country |
| Miltiades Manno | Hungary |
| Misai Kosugi | Japan |
| Oliver Milburn | Canada |
| Oscar Hullgren | Sweden |
| Oskar Nerlinger | Germany |
| Otto Dill | Germany |
| Ottorino Mancioli | Italy |
| Piet van der Hem | Netherlands |
| P. A. Hay | Great Britain |
| Paul Heimen | Belgium |
| Paul Morchain | France |
| Pál Szűcs | Hungary |
| Philip de László | Great Britain |
| Philip Kran Paval | Denmark |
| Philippe Le Molt | France |
| Pierre Montezin | France |
| Pierre Nuyttens | United States |
| Rafał Malczewski | Poland |
| Randall Davey | United States |
| Raoul du Gardier | France |
| René Xavier Prinet | France |
| Reynolds Beal | United States |
| Richard Bishop | United States |
| Richard Earle | United States |
| Richard Lahey | United States |
| Róbert Byssz | Hungary |
| Robert Fernier | France |
| Roger Nivelt | France |
| Roland Clark | United States |
| Ronald Gray | Great Britain |
| Ryusei Furukawa | Japan |
| Ryokichi Sakai | Japan |
| Sakuichi Fukazawa | Japan |
| Samuel Theobald | United States |
| Seán O'Sullivan | Ireland |
| Senpan Maekawa | Japan |
| Shiko Munakata | Japan |
| Shintaro Takeda | Japan |
| Shogo Taguchi | Japan |
| Shuzo Kanda | Japan |
| Stefan Osiecki | Poland |
| Chosei Kawakami | Japan |
| Susumu Yamaguchi | Japan |
| Thomas Dugdale | Great Britain |
| Tadeusz Gronowski | Poland |
| Takamura Kodama | Japan |
| Tensen Ogyu | Japan |
| Tom Purvis | Great Britain |
| Tomotari Sakurai | Japan |
| Toru Arai | Japan |
| Ulrich Hübner | Germany |
| Vaughn Flannery | United States |
| Hendrika Schaap-van der Pek | Netherlands |
| Herbert Dunton | United States |
| Walt Speck | United States |
| Walther Klemm | Germany |
| Walther Kohlhase | Germany |
| Wayman Adams | United States |
| Wharton Esherick | United States |
| Wiktor Podoski | Poland |
| Wilhelm Hölter | Germany |
| Corry Gallas | Netherlands |
| William Byrne | United States |
| William Hays | United States |
| William Littlefield | United States |
| William McNulty | United States |
| William Schulhoff | United States |
| Heath Robinson | Great Britain |
| Willi Baumeister | Germany |
| Willy Jaeckel | Germany |
| Willy Sluiter | Netherlands |
| Yasuo Kuniyoshi | United States |
| Yngve Soderberg | United States |
| Yoshitaro Sato | Japan |
| Zbigniew Czech | Poland |
| Philip Hale | United States |
| John Johansen | United States |
| Erich Büttner | Germany |
| George Bellows | United States |
| Glenn Coleman | United States |
| Thomas Eakins | United States |
| Pop Hart | United States |
| Gari Melchers | United States |
| Charles Sheeler Jr. | United States |
| Eugene Speicher | United States |
| Edmund Tarbell | United States |
| Sears Gallagher | United States |
| Anne Goldthwaite | United States |
| Alexander Kruse | United States |
| Reginald Marsh | United States |
| Rodney Thomson | United States |
| Gerald Spencer Pryse | Great Britain |
| Gerard Westermann | Netherlands |
| Jaap Weyand | Netherlands |
| Jan Wils | Netherlands |
| Janina Konarska-Słonimska | Poland |
| Gösta von Hennigs | Sweden |
| David Wallin | Sweden |
| Lee Blair | United States |
| Joseph Webster Golinkin | United States |
| Winslow Homer | United States |
| Acee Blue Eagle | United States |
| Percy Crosby | United States |
| Lewis Daniel | United States |