Burgoyne Diller
Untitled (First Theme)
1964

Name: Untitled (First Theme)
Brand: Burgoyne Diller
Price: 20625 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Burgoyne Diller (1906-1965) Recognized as the first American painter to embrace the tenets of Neo-Plasticism, Burgoyne Diller made an important contribution to the development of non-objective art in the United States. Working in a hard-edged geometric style, he produced paintings, drawings, and collages that paved the way for the development of American Minimalism during the 1960s and 70s. Born in New York City in 1906, Diller began painting and drawing as a teenager growing up in Battle Creek, Michigan. Later, while attending Michigan State University in East Lansing on an athletic scholarship, he made weekend visits to the Art Institute of Chicago, where he familiarized himself with Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting. He was especially drawn to the landscapes and still lives of Paul Cézanne, who modeled color to create structure and volume. In 1929, Diller moved to Manhattan and enrolled at the Art Students League, where his teachers included such progressive-minded painters as Jan Matulka, Hans Hofmann, and George Grosz. Hofmann's concept of the "push-pull" effect of form and color exerted a strong influence on his early work, as did his growing familiarity with Analytical and Synthetic Cubism, German Expressionism, and other vanguard European styles. Diller had the opportunity to see some of this work firsthand, but he also kept abreast of developments abroad by reading journals such as Cahiers d'Art.

Creator:

Burgoyne Diller (1906-1965, American)

Creation Year:

1964

Dimensions:

Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)

Medium:

Paper,Crayon,Pencil

Movement & Style:

Abstract

Period:

1960-1969