Anton Velim

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAnton•Velim
Used nameAnton•Velim
Born24 February 1892 in Wien (Vienna), Wien (AUT)
Died13 October 1954 in Wien (Vienna), Wien (AUT)
NOC Austria

Biography

Austrian painter Anton Velim studied in Wien (Vienna) and in 1920 was awarded a scholarship to study in Roma. He painted portraits, nudes and landscapes, and, after World War II, also did murals. Velim married in 1924 and lived in Grinzing. With the dissolution of the local artists’ colony in 1929 and the loss of his studio, his career suffered and he became impoverished. In the mid-1930s he worked as a trade school teacher, but continued to paint in his leisure time. Velim had a difficult life in his later years, with his financial condition, as he and his wife separated, and his son was killed in action in World War II. In 1946 he joined the Vienna Künstlerhaus. Only after the emergence of his legacy in 2006 did he become known to the public again.

At least Gymnast Youth and the Runner are oil paintings on canvas. Both were painted shortly before the Olympic Games, but are very different in size: the former at 125.5 x 72 cm and the latter at 37.5 x 24 cm.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Art Competitions AUT Anton Velim
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC