Pigeon’s Egg Head (The Light) Going and returning from Washington was painted by George Catlin in 1837-39. It is a 29 x 24 inch oil painting on canvas, which is a medium size picture that anyone can mount on their modest wall. The two men facing in opposite directions from each other are the most visible figures from a distance. But if one is to look carefully close to the artwork, he or she will notice small details which are positioned to help the viewer communicate with the subject of the painting and the fact that the subject is one instead of two persons. The colors are not very bright, nor are they very dark. They are just right in between. This painting portrays the extraordinary changes an Assiniboine warrior underwent by comparing …show more content…
his appearance when he was traveling to and coming back from capital city Washington, DC in 1831. In his artwork, Catlin argued the cultural conflicts that arose when indigenous people and Euromericans interact. Incorporating different formal elements such as use of lines in different directions, combinations of colors, complex texture and organization of individuals and objects in such specific relationships helped Catlin to convey his argument about the cultural struggle effectively for almost two centuries. Catlin wanted to compare The Light before and after his travel to Washington. In order to do that, he organized the left and the right side of his painting with figures that have comparable sizes. For example, the two human figures have the same height, which is shown by extending them from the same floor to the same top level. They have comparable facial size and nose. They also have very similar body size. This whole similarity can be interpreted as the two figures are indeed only one person at different times. If we look closely on both sides of the picture, we see figures of building on the left side and a comparable size nomad’s house on the right. However, the building and the tepee are very small compared them the human figures. This can be interpreted in two ways. The first and obvious one is that the artist may be trying to show the deep space behind the figures. The second one is by making the houses almost invisible, he is trying to tell the viewer that there is a mysterious relationship between the man and those places. Generally, the artist used size and objects to show that both the indigenous people culture and European cultures are equal. Catlin used different shapes and lines to express his thoughts just as he used organization and size.
The artist used straight vertical lines on the left side of the painting to express more stability and independence. Pigeon’s Egg Head before Washington stands straight and his feet is flat on the ground. The brush strokes on his traditional costume are vertically straight. The ornaments that are hanging on his dress and the feathers extending from his traditional hat are painted using straight lines. The straight line based figure depicts his cultural and moral stability before his trip to Washington. On the other hand, Pigeon’s Egg Head after Washington, on the right side, is painted using diagonal lines and curves. His body above his knee is tilted toward his back, which shows how much he had enjoyed his trip to Washington and how much confident he was about his changes. These scenes collectively show his cultural and moral instability and how European culture corrupted him. Catlin compared and contrasted the instability of diagonal line with the tepees that can be disassembled and carried away, and the stability of straight line with a modern rectangular building that is durable and …show more content…
permanent. Catlin’s careful use of colors can be seen by looking at the relationships between the colors and their meanings. The painting is overall very colorful, the artist combined colors to create meaning. Most of the background is dark yellow and grey on the top it. The white and black feather accessory with a white wig indicates that the former Pigeon’s Head was a powerful man that is proud of his cultural heritage. His clothing is ornamented with pure green, red, yellow and blue designs in different shapes and sizes which tells the viewer that he valued his culture. He was also gently holding a colorful stick, perhaps a ceremonial stick only selected people can hold as a sign of their accomplishment. Pigeon’s Egg Head after Washington, on the other hand, was dressed in generals’ dark blue suit and a pair of black boots. He has a matching blue umbrella and a black hat. The fact that he is facing away from the building shows that he came spoiled from Washington, which could be the White House. He is smoking a cigarette and carrying alcohol bottles in his two pockets, which tells how abusive he had become after his trip to Washington. He also has some things that are from the Indigenous culture. The earrings that he is wearing, his hairstyle, the feather extending from his hat and the piece of cloth that is coming down from his hand-fan are indigenous. Therefore, there is a sense of confusion or getting lost in between the two cultures. Of all colors, a light blue is used in a very different and meaningful way from other colors. In a narrow space, the blue color started from the left side of the paint and increases in width at every inch of the painting and covers most of the space on the right. The blue color is also painted by winding curves trying to show that there is a movement. This shows the spread of the European culture and destroying the indigenous people’s culture. While the sky on the left is dusty that matches with Pigeon’s Egg Head on the left, the sky on the right is bluish which also matches with himself on the right. This phenomenon shows the different personality of one person in different surroundings. Catlin also used color to indicate time and place. He painted the shadow of the Pigeon’s Egg legs both before and after Washington lying in the same direction. This could mean before and after happened on different days, but around the same time, the sun shining from left to right. Perhaps the artist and The Light were traveling in the opposite direction when they met at the same place around the same time. Catlin uses different brush strokes to create a complex texture.
The roughness of the white accessory on the Pigeon’s Egg Head before, and the different shapes of forms on his clothing and the necklace and the earrings are shown by thicker paint, which helped raise these structures from the rest of the clothing. On the thick and fluffy traditional blanket that he put on his right shoulder, there are some scripts with brown color, which may perhaps be the indigenous inscription. In the same way on the shoulder of The Light after, there are two golden designs that may indicate his level of authority in the military. In both cultures, the level of power a man has is expressed with certain materials such as clothing and ornaments. However, the is a big difference in how and what materials both cultures utilize, and this is where cultural struggles between the two groups
emerge. Indeed, when different physical forms are incorporated carefully in one artwork, they can deliver messages that cannot even be expressed in writing. George Catlin’s Pigeon’s Head (The Light) Going to and Returning from Washington entails complex physical elements that are critical for the painting. His political, cultural and economic arguments between indigenous people and Euromericans are fully conveyed to this day.
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