made by Bodza Polonyi

Art competitions were held as a part of the 1948 Summer

Olympics in London, Great Britain.
Medals were awarded in five categories:
architecture
literature
music
painting
sculpture
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.

Albert Decaris

Fldes va

Gustaf Nordahl

Yrj Lindegren

Zbigniew Turski

Giani Stuparich

In the category of
town planning the
gold medal was
awarded to Yrj
Lindegren1 from
Finland.
The winner of the
other category called
architectual design
was Adolf Hoch2 from
Germany.

1The centre

of Athletics in Varkaus

2Ski-jump

on the Kobenzl

In the cathegory of
lyric work the winner
was Aale Tynni from
Finland with the work
of Laurel of Hellas.
The winner of the
other cathegory called
epic works was Giani
Stuparich from Italy
with his work La
Grotta.

The third winner of

the cathegory of epic
works was Eva Foldes
from Hungary with
the work of The Well
of Youth.

In the cathegory of vocal,

the bronze was awarded to
Gabriele Bianchi from
Italy for the work of Inno
Olimpionico.
In the cathegory of
instrumental and
chamber the winner
was John Weinzweig from
Canada with his work of
Divertimenti for Solo
Flute and Strings.

In the competition of
choral and orchestral the
winner was Zbigniew
Turski from Poland with
his work of Olympic
Symphony.

In the cathegory of oils

and water colours the
winner was Alfred
Thomson from Great
Britain with his work of
London Amateur
Championships.
In the other cathegory
of engravings and
etchings the gold was
awarded to Albert
Decaris from France
for his work of The
Swimming Pool.

In the cathegory of statue

the winner was Gustaf
Nordahl from Sweden with
his work of Homage to Ling.