Burgoyne Diller, American abstractionist (1906-1965)

Burgoyne Diller, American abstractionist (1906-1965)

Surviving as an artist during the Great Depression: 

"I thought I was terribly fortunate because I had a scholarship. Then I got a scholarship job at the League, and I sold paints in the little store for a few years there. It was only an afternoon job but, you know, that was money. It wasn't much, but believe me, it was a lot compared to most of the artists that I was friendly with at the time. So it was a question of most of us just pitching in together, and sometimes we'd have one pot of soup for ten. Sometimes hardly enough for one. It's crazy, but it was wonderful." 

~ Smithsonian Institution oral history