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American painter

Dusti Bongé
Born	Eunice Lyle Swetman 1903 (1903) Biloxi, Mississippi, US
Died	1993 (aged 89–90)
Known for	Painting
Movement	Abstract Expressionism

Dusti Bongé (néeEunice Lyle Swetman, 1903–1993) was an American painter who worked from the 1930s through the early 1990s.

She is considered Mississippi's first Abstract Expressionist painter and its first Modernist artist.^[1]

Early life and education

Dusti Bongé, née Eunice Lyle Swetman, was the youngest of three children born to a prominent Biloxi, Mississippi, banking family.

When she was young, Bongé was attracted to the arts and wrote, produced, directed and acted in plays starring other neighborhood children on the wide gallery of the family's beachfront home. Her interest in theater continued into adulthood.

Because her passion for acting was frowned upon by her family, she struck a deal that if she first completed college she