Date | 29 July – 14 August 1948 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Victoria & Albert Museum, London | |
Participants | 25 from 11 countries | |
Judge | Bill Adam | ![]() |
Judge | Eric de Normann | ![]() |
Judge | Alfred Longden | ![]() |
Judge | James Laver | ![]() |
Judge | Malcolm Osborne | ![]() |
Judge | Viktor Stretti | ![]() |
Judge | Sakari Saarikivi | ![]() |
After no medals were awarded in 1936, the graphic arts event was held for the fourth and last time. Winner was Albert Decaris, a well-known graphic artist in France, where he designed stamps and illustrated art books among others. His wood engraving on copper “Swimming Pool” was given first prize. The artist ranking second, John Copley is the oldest ever Olympic medallist at 73, outranking Oscar Swahn by a year. He competed along with his wife Ethel Gabain, with whom he had a son Peter, who became a stage and television actor. Third prize winner Walter Battiss is considered to be one of the most important abstract artists from South Africa. He is best known for his imaginary and utopian “island” Fook Island, for which he even carried a driver’s license and passport.
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Title | |||
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1 | Albert Decaris | ![]() | Swimming Pool | Gold | ||
2 | John Copley | ![]() | Polo | Silver | ||
3 | Walter Battiss | ![]() | Seaside Sport | Bronze | ||
HM | Laura Knight | ![]() | Boxing II | |||
HM | Adam Marczyński | ![]() | Set of 8 Ink sketches of athletes | |||
HM | Gino De Finetti | ![]() | Fencing "Spada" | |||
HM | Chen Hsiao-Nan | ![]() | Riding | |||
HM | John Skeaping | ![]() | Saddling Up | |||
AC | Gwen Raverat | ![]() | Bowls (Woodcut) | |||
AC | Lilla Hellesen | ![]() | Dancing on Ice (Lithograph) | |||
AC | Andrzej Jurkiewicz | ![]() | Jump (Etching) | |||
AC | Delmar Banner | ![]() | The Wrestlers (Woodcut) | |||
AC | André Dunoyer de Segonzac | ![]() | Start of the 100 metres (Etching) | |||
AC | Flora Vere O'Brien | ![]() | The Hurlers (Lino cut) | |||
AC | Hans Erni | ![]() | "Pindare Olympiques" With 10 etchings | |||
AC | Heinrich Krause | ![]() | Boxer (Bronze) | |||
AC | James Bostock | ![]() | Sport on the Common (Wood engraving) | |||
AC | John Buckland-Wright | ![]() | Combat (Etching) | |||
AC | Livinius van de Bundt | ![]() | Wrestling Match (Lithograph) | |||
AC | Luc Albert Moreau | ![]() | Boxer Covering his Face (Lithograph) | |||
AC | William Washington | ![]() | The Cricket Bat Maker (Engraving) | |||
AC | Winifred Austen | ![]() | Mallards in the Creek (Etching) | |||
AC | Luigi Bartolini | ![]() | The Cyclist (Etching) | |||
AC | Frederick Austin | ![]() | Rugby (Etching) | |||
AC | Anthony Gross | ![]() | Burgundy Canal; Fishing (Etching) | |||
AC | Luigi Bartolini | ![]() | The Fisherman (Etching) |