Where Gladiators Fought
1972
Image not available — this artwork is under copyright
View on museum website →Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 27 x 37.5 cm (10 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.) sheet: 41 x 53.7 cm (16 1/8 x 21 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lee Lozowick in memory of his father
Accession Number
1995.86.9
Art Historical Context
Louis Lozowick’s 1972 lithograph “Where Gladiators Fought” invites viewers to contemplate the enduring power of ancient arenas. Rendered in black ink on wove, the print measures 10 5/ by 14 3/4 inches within a larger sheet, allowing the artist to balance intimate detail with a sense of expansive space. The stark contrasts typical of lithography emphasize architectural forms and dramatic lighting, drawing attention to the layered history embedded in the scene. The evocative title suggests a site once alive with spectacle and conflict, yet Lozowick’s restrained approach transforms the subject i...
About the Artist
Louis Lozowick
Louis Lozowick was born in 1892 in Liudvynivka, in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Ukraine), into a Jewish family. He received his earliest artistic training at the Kiev Art School before emigrating to the United States, where he continued his studies at the National Academy of Design in New York from 1912 to 1915 and subsequently earned a degree from Ohio State University in 1918....