Ligia M. Römer

Archie Bongé, Camellia Buds, February 1936, oil on canvas Dusti Bongé, Still Life of Flower in a Green Vase, 1936, pastel on paper Dusti Bongé, Still Life of Flower in a Green Vase, 1936, pastel on paper As we mentioned last week, once settled in Biloxi, Dusti Bongé joined Arch in the studio and on his excursions through town. This week we will share another remarkable example of these joint artistic endeavors. This one is from time together in the studio. This was close to the end of...

Archie Bongé, National Sketchbook: Fishing Boats, c. 1936, ink on paper Dusti Bongé, United States Fidelity & Guarantee Company Yearbook: Fishing Boats, c. 1936, pencil on paper Our current exhibit Coming Home: Becoming an Artist, tells the story of how Dusti Bongé started her artistic career when she and her husband Archie settled in Biloxi in the early 1930s. Dusti started to join Arch in the studio and on his excursions through town. Some of Archie’s last works and Dusti's earliest works...

Dusti Bongé, Untitled (Still Life of Vegetables), 1937, pastel on paper, 8 ½” x 11 This week we share another small still life of fruits and vegetables, also from 1937. This time it is a lovely pastel drawing that Dusti Bongé executed on a standard size 8 ½” x 11” sheet of paper with three-hole punches along the bottom edge. You’ll notice that in these early works Dusti still represents the vegetables and fruit in a fairly realistic way, insofar as shape and color are concerned. And yet there...