Burgoyne Diller / First Theme / 1963

Burgoyne Diller
First Theme
1963
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Creator Name: Diller, Burgoyne
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1906 - 1965
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Burgoyne Diller
Title: First Theme
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1963
Creation End Date: 1963
Creation Date: 1963
Object Type: Paintings
Classification Term: Painting
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 231cm x 99cm x 4cm, Unframed: 228.6cm x 96.5cm
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1973.211
Credit Line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Copyright: Art: © Artist or Artist's Estate/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Rights: www.vaga.org
Context:

For much of his long and productive career, Burgoyne Diller sought to create the illusion of volume and space through colors on a flat surface. He pursued this effort by exploring three themes, all involving geometric forms against contrasting backgrounds. In "First Theme" paintings, floating rectangular shapes are dominant. In "Second" and "Third Theme" works, these elements become part of increasingly complex grid systems. The controlled and ordered tensions in this First Theme painting result from a long and painstaking process of creation. Diller composed his works by arranging colored paper rectangles on a canvas. When satisfied with their placement, he removed them and painted the shapes in primary colors, as well as black, white, and gray. He often rubbed the surface with fine sandpaper to avoid the distraction of glare and remove any indication of brushmarks, along with all evidence of emotional expressiveness.

AMICA ID: CMA_.1973.211
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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