%C2%A9 Burgoyne Diller %2F Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C NY
Second Theme, 1934
Burgoyne Dillerexpand_more
Oil on canvasexpand_more
Myron Kunin Collectionexpand_more 2015.55.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
A stark white canvas punctuated by intersecting black lines and a yellow rectangle: for Diller, abstraction was “the ideal realm of harmony, stability, and order.” In the 1930s, he was the first American artist to embrace the conventions of the international art and design style called Neo-Plasticism founded by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian: grid-like compositions and a palette limited to black, white, and the primary colors. Many of his paintings were first conceived as collages—he would plan the composition by arranging paper cutouts of lines, squares, and rectangles.
Details
- Title
- Second Theme
- Artist Life
- 1906 - 1965
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.55.2
- Curator Approved
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