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Burgoyne Diller (American, 1906-1965)
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Biography |
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1906 |
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Born: New York, NY |
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1925 - 1927 |
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Attended Michigan State University, Lansing, MI |
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1928 - 1933 |
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Attended the Art Students League, New York, NY |
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1934 |
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Supervisor for Mural Painting, Emergency and Temporary Relief Administration (ERA), (TERA), NYC |
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1937 |
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Founding Member, American Abstract Artists group |
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1939 |
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Liaison between the Federal Arts Project and The New York World's Fair |
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1935 - 1940 |
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Supervisor of the Mural Division of the WPA Federal Art Project, New York, NY |
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1940 |
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Assistant Technical Director of the WPA Federal Art Project in New York City |
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1941 - 1945 |
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Director of the WPA New York City War Service Art Project |
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1946 - 1963 |
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Taught Art at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY |
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Exhibitions |
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2001 |
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Burgoyne Diller: The 1930s, Cubism to Abstraction, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY (traveled) |
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1999 |
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The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (group)
Burgoyne Diller: Collages, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1998 |
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Burgoyne Diller: The Third Dimension, Sculpture & Drawings, 1930–1965, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1996 |
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Abstraction Across America: American Abstract Artists & Transcendentalists, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY (group) |
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1995 |
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Burgoyne Diller-Pioneer of Abstraction, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1990 |
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Burgoyne Diller: Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1985 |
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Contrasts of Forms: Geometric Abstract Art 1910–1980, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group) |
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1973 |
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Post-Mondrian Abstraction in America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (group) |
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1971 |
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Burgoyne Diller: Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Dallas (solo)
Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA (solo) |
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1968 |
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Burgoyne Diller: Retrospective, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1966 |
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Burgoyne Diller: Retrospective, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ (solo) |
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1962 |
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Geometric Abstraction in America, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (group) |
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1951 |
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Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group) |
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1947 |
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Abstract and Surrealist American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (group) |
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1946 |
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Contemporary Sculpture, Objects, Constructions, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (group)
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY (solo) |
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1937 |
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Annual Exhibition of the American Abstract Artists, Squibb Galleries, New York, NY (group) |
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1932 |
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Exhibition of Paintings: Fifth New Group, G.R.D. Studio, New York, NY (group)
Cathedral Branch Library, New York, NY (solo) |
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Public Collections (selection)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
New York University Art Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Walker Art Gallery, Minneapolis
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Cleveland Museum of Art
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, New York
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska |
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Literature |
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2001 |
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Burgoyne Diller: The 1930s, Cubism to Abstraction. New York, NY: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery |
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1999 |
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Burgoyne Diller: Collages. New York, NY: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery |
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1997 |
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Burgoyne Diller: The Third Dimension, Sculpture and Drawings, 1930-1965. New York, NY: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery |
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1990 |
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Haskell, Barbara. Burgoyne Diller. New York, NY: Whitney Museum of American Art |
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