Yet, for generations of African American families in Washington, D.C., she was better known as Miss Thomas, the art teacher at Shaw Junior High School where she taught between 1924 and 1960.

Carolyn Russo, curator of the Museum’s art collection, reflects on the work of Alma W. Thomas. Carolyn Russo In the late 1960s and early 1970s, artist Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891–1978) painted ...

“Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian American Art Museum” opens Friday at the Indianapolis Museum ...

Alma Thomas (1891–1978), Grassy Melodic Chant, 1976, Smithsonian American Art Museum, bequest of the artist Starry Night and the Astronauts (1972) is a canvas that consists of mostly blues to ...

Thomas—who died in 1978—helped shape the DC art scene by working with her alma mater, American University, and the Barnett Aden Gallery, which she co-founded. In 1971, she was the first Black woman to ...

Alma Thomas (American, 1891-1978) spent 38 years as a Washington, D.C., public school art teacher before her painting career took off. In 1972, in her 80s, she was the first African American woman to ...

WASHINGTON — By the end of her career, Alma Thomas enjoyed considerable critical and popular success. She was the first African American female artist to be given a solo show at the Whitney ...

Today, the National Gallery of Art announces details of its “Across the Nation” partnership program bringing key works of art from its permanent collection to regional museums across the United States ...

Alma Thomas, Red Azaleas Singing and Dancing Rock and Roll Music (1976). Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Alma Thomas, Horizon (1974).

On View Celebrate Alma Thomas’s 125th Birthday With Five Remarkable Facts. Thomas was the first African-American woman to hold a solo show at the Whitney.

But as the exhibition at the Frist emphasizes, there is a lot more to Thomas’ story. The show features more than 160 works, including selections of her famous abstract paintings plus rarely seen ...