Dusti Bongé : art and life : Biloxi, New Orleans, New York

Resource Information

The work Dusti Bongé : art and life : Biloxi, New Orleans, New York represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Dusti Bongé : art and life : Biloxi, New Orleans, New York

Title remainder

art and life : Biloxi, New Orleans, New York

Statement of responsibility

J. Richard Gruber

Creator

• Bongé, Dusti, 1903-1993

Contributor

• Ogden Museum
• Gruber, J. Richard

Artist

• Bongé, Dusti, 1903-1993

Author

• Gruber, J. Richard

Host institution

• Ogden Museum

Subject

• Biographies
• Biographies
• Biography
• Bongé, Dusti, 1903-1993
• Bongé, Dusti, 1903-1993
• Bongé, Dusti, 1903-1993 -- Exhibitions
• Catalogues d'exposition
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• Mississippi
• Painters
• Painters -- Mississippi -- Biography
• Painting, American
• Painting, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• 1900-1999
• Peinture américaine -- 20e siècle -- Expositions
• exhibition catalogs
• Peintres -- Mississippi -- Biographies
• Biographies

Genre

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibitions
• Expositions
• exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition
• Biography
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

The art of Dusti Bongé was influenced by her experiences in three distinctive American cities: Biloxi, Mississippi; New Orleans, Louisiana; and New York, New York. In developing her artistic practice in these vibrant urban settings, she portrayed a unique sense of place in her work. Born in Biloxi in 1903, she died there in 1993, living on the family property where she was raised. After graduating from Blue Mountain College in 1922, she moved to Chicago and became an actress, and then moved to New York to act on stage and in silent movies. She married artist Archie Bongé in 1928 and lived in New York until they moved to Biloxi in 1934 with Lyle. Following Archie's premature death in 1936, Dusti dedicated herself to working as an artist. Initially, she exhibited in New Orleans and Biloxi, and then in New York, where she became affiliated with the famed Betty Parsons Gallery in 1946. There she was given a series of one-person exhibitions in the years from 1956 to 1975. Her art achieved national recognition through her shows at the Parsons Gallery, when New York replaced Paris as an international art center and Abstract Expressionism became a leading influence in the art world. -- publisher's statement

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

YDX

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

catalogs