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Jul 23, 2021 · By Alex Greenberger. July 23, 2021 3:59pm. Alma Thomas, Breeze Rustling Through Fall Flowers, 1968. Phillips Collection. In 1963, Alma Thomas set out to turn Henri Matisse on his head. Two...
Sep 15, 2023 · Alma Thomas was a teacher and artist who developed a powerful form of abstract painting late in life. From the mid-1960s, she produced brilliantly colored and richly patterned works intimately connected to the natural world.
1891-1978. By Aleia M. Brown, Ph.D. Alma Woodsey Thomas was the first Black woman to have a show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She was also the first Black woman to have work acquired by the White House. Her life was distinctive in other ways, too.
Alma Woodsey Thomas | MoMA. American, 1891–1978. Works. Exhibitions. Publications. “Through color, I have sought. to concentrate on beauty. and happiness, rather than. on man’s inhumanity to man.” Alma Woodsey Thomas. Alma Thomas’s career is as unlikely as any in [the] 20th-century [United States], and at the same time utterly reasonable.
Nov 26, 2019 · Known For: Expressionist abstract painter and art educator. Movement: Washington School of Color. Born: September 22, 1891 in Columbus, Georgia. Parents: John Harris Thomas and Amelia Cantey Thomas. Died: February 24, 1978 in Washington, D.C. Education: Howard University and Columbia University.
Jun 12, 2020 · Her art inspires us to work and live in harmony and peace in a beautiful world of color. A forthcoming travelling retrospective on the creative life of Alma Thomas will open in 2021, jointly organized by the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia and the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia.
Nov 12, 2004 · Alma Thomas. 1891-1978. Media (2) Cite. Author Charles T. Butler, Columbus Museum. Originally published Nov 12, 2004 Last edited Apr 1, 2019. A prominent abstract painter of the 1960s and 1970s, Alma Thomas was the first African American woman to have a solo art exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, in 1971.
