Burgoyne Diller

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birthdate = 1906
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deathdate = 1965
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nationality = American
field = Abstract art
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Burgoyne A. Diller (1906 – 1965) was an American abstract painter. Many of his best-known works are characterized by orthogonal geometric forms that reflect his strong interest in the De Stijl movement and the work of Piet Mondrian in particular. Overall, his Geometric abstraction and non-objective style also owe much to his study with Hans Hofmann at the Art Students League of New York. [ [http://www.michaelrosenfeldart.com/artistsestates.php?id=2 accessed online August 19, 2007] ] He was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists. [Larsen, Susan C. “The American Abstract Artists: A Documentary History 1936-1941”, "Archives of American Art Journal", Vol. 14, No. 1 (1974), p 2.] Diller's abstract work has sometimes been termed "constructivist". He also did figurative and representational works early in his career working as a muralist for the New York City Federal Arts Project. His work is in many major museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, as well as the National Gallery of Art and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC.

Footnotes

References

* Larsen, Susan C. “The American Abstract Artists: A Documentary History 1936-1941”, "Archives of American Art Journal", Vol. 14, No. 1 (1974), p 2.

Books

*Barbara Haskell; Burgoyne Diller; Whitney Museum of American Art. "Burgoyne Diller" (New York : Whitney Museum of American Art, 1990) (Worldcat link: [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/21761803&referer=brief_results] ) ISBN 0874270715; ISBN 9780874270716
* Walker Art Center; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Pasadena Art Museum. "Burgoyne Diller, an American constructivist: paintings, sculptures, drawings. Exhibition, Walker Art Center, 12 Dec. 1971 - 16 Jan. 1972; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 16 Feb. - 26 Mar. 1972; Pasadena Art Museum, 9 May - 2 July, 1972." (Minneapolis, 1971) (Worldcat link: [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/38719365&referer=brief_results] ) OCLC 38719365

External links

* [http://www.askart.com/AskART/D/burgoyne_a_diller/burgoyne_a_diller.aspx?searchtype=SUMMARY&artist=31443 Askart.com's info summary page on Burgoyne Diller]
* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/tranSCRIPTs/diller64.htm Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art: interview with Burgoyne Diller]
* [http://www.americanabstractartists.org/ American Abstract Artists]
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/diller_burgoyne.html Artcyclopedia entry on Burgoyne Diller]
* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/dillburg.htm Burgoyne Diller Papers at Smithsonian's Archives of American Art]
* [http://www.minusspace.com/chronology1930-1939.htm Chronology of related artists and art fields] Burgoyne Diller involved with Public Works of Art Project in 1934 and WPA in 1937