Alma Woodsey Thomas (September 22, 1891 – February 24, 1978) was an African-American artist and Art teacher who lived and worked in Washington, D.C., and is now recognized as a major American painter of the 20th century.

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.

2021年7月23日 · Alma Thomas plotted a new course for abstraction with her radiant paintings. Here's why she's important.

As the first African American woman to hold a solo exhibition at New York's prestigious Whitney Museum of American Art, and with her paintings hanging on the presidential walls of the White House, Thomas has served as a role model for women, African Americans, and …

2023年9月15日 · 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.

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.

2019年11月26日 · Alma Thomas (1891-1978) was an African-American artist best known for her signature style of overlaid planes of colorful, thumb-sized rectangles.