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Burgoyne Diller was born on 13 January, 1906 in New York City, US, is an American abstract painter. Discover Burgoyne Diller's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 13 January 1906
Birthday 13 January
Birthplace New York City, US
Date of death 1965
Died Place New York City, US
Nationality United States

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1906

Burgoyne A. Diller (January 13, 1906 – January 30, 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.

He was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists.

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.

Diller was born in The Bronx, New York in 1906 to Andrew Diller, a violinist and conductor, and Mary Burgoyne.

1908

His father died in 1908, while Diller was just three years old.

His mother would then marry an engineer named Adrian Adney.

1919

In 1919 he and his new family moved to Battle Creek, Michigan.

When he was a child, he once had an illness that caused him to miss a year of school.

During this period, he began to draw.

This was his first exposure to the world of art and he exhibited a natural talent for it.

Diller attended Battle Creek High School and Michigan State University.

1927

He graduated from Michigan State University in 1927 and moved to Buffalo, New York, where he lived with his maternal grandfather.

In Buffalo, Diller worked many odd jobs before landing a steady position as a janitor.

1929

At this time, he began to sell a few of his artworks and eventually this income allowed him to move to New York City where he began studying at the Art Students League in 1929.

He enjoyed success and recognition at the League and was awarded a scholarship job at the school's bookstore.

1930

In 1930 Diller married Sarah "Sally" Bernadette Conboy, who worked in the classified department of The New York Times.

"Her steady income helped the couple maintain a modest lifestyle throughout the Depression."

1933

Diller ended up leaving the Art Students League in 1933 and took up a position with the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

1941

However, in 1941 Diller, along with other WPA supervisors, was suspended from the WPA due to an alleged Communist infiltration of the WPA.

After an investigation, no evidence was found to incriminate Diller and he was soon reinstated.

1943

In 1943 Diller enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the Training Aids Development Center.

There he invented a hand-held Morse code training device that led to three million of the devices being created.

1945

He was awarded a patent for the invention in 1945.

He was released from active duty after World War II in November 1945 as a lieutenant (junior grade) and remained in the naval reserve until 1954, retiring with the rank of lieutenant.

During his time in active duty, he stopped creating art altogether.

However, once the war ended, he took up art once again.

1946

In 1946 Diller was hired as an assistant professor at Brooklyn College and was soon promoted to a full-time position.

1949

He was granted tenure at the college in 1949.

1950

By the early 1950s, Diller began creating art at a very inconsistent rate due to "mounting personal problems, excessive alcohol consumption, and a sense of rejection by an art world dominated by Abstract Expressionists."

1954

Contributing to the problems in his life was Sally's own alcoholism which led to her death in 1954 of cirrhosis of the liver, just months after she had retired from The New York Times.

They never had any children.

That same summer, while visiting his mother and stepfather in Michigan, Diller met Grace Kelso LaCrone who had just separated from her husband.

1955

Once her divorce was finalized, she and Diller married in 1955.

They too never had any children together.

In his later years, Diller moved to Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, where his home and studio were both near the shore.

1959

In 1959, Diller's studio flooded and none of the artwork he had stored in his basement could be salvaged.

1965

He remained on the faculty until his death in 1965.