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Ball-play of the Choctaw–Ball Up is a stunning 65.4 x 81.4 cm (25 3⁄4 x 32 in.) oil painting by the American artist George Catlin. Ball-play of the Choctaw-Ball Up shows a big group of people participating in a fierce sport: they are playing Choctaw lacrosse. This game is known to be very violent, as it is depicted in the mass of players getting into a confusing brawl. According to journal entries and similar documents, the painter first witnessed this ball game among the Choctaw around 1834. Catlin probably sketched this while observing the occasion and later painted in his studio, like many of his other masterpieces.
Ball-play of the Choctaw–Ball Up was painted with a restricted palette. The work was rendered with few shades of green, light blue, grey, and brown. The transversal horizontal line roughly divides the composition in two: sky and earth. The sky shows a sunny day with some thin and moving dark grey clouds.
The hills and grass vibrate with warmth and brightness. Some trees and indigenous huts are seen in the distance. In the bottom portion and the most complex painting section, an enormous group of Native Americans is playing lacrosse. Some are fighting; others are moving in big groups. Part of them has spears on their hands. They all seem to be taking the game very intensely.
Lacrosse is the oldest sport in North American territory. Many different tribes played the game, and they acted as military training for the community. In some instances, a lacrosse game would happen to settle political matters between tribes instead of a full-on battle. Catlin depicted more scenes of Lacrosse matches between natives during his career.
Catlin was a 19th-century painter. He was an American who intended to preserve the image and memory of the indigenous communities of his time. He is best known for his breathtaking portraits, but Catlin also documented many aspects of indigenous life, sketching, talking to them, and writing extensively in his journal. The artist depicted many of their cultural conventions and festivities, with the lacrosse games being one of the most compelling examples.
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