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

Alma W. Thomas, Blast Off, 1970, acrylic on canvas, 74 x 54 inches In the late 1960s and early 1970s, artist Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891–1978) painted abstractions inspired by moments—from ...

Longtime DC artist Alma Thomas's work is currently on display at an exhibit called "Everything Is Beautiful" that recently opened at the Phillips Collection, along with a larger citywide celebration ...

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 ...

On the occasion of Alma Thomas's 125th birthday, artnet News is taking a look at five incredible facts about her life worth celebrating.

Unlike other art galleries at the time, artwork and guests of all races were welcome. While teaching, Alma Thomas did not abandon her own artistic development. Gaulke, voice-over: I taught for 35 ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum . Eighth and G streets N.W. Description “Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas” draws on the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s extensive holdings of Alma Thomas’ ...

Alma W. Thomas, Blast Off, 1970, acrylic on canvas, 74 x 54 inches In the late 1960s and early 1970s, artist Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891–1978) painted abstractions inspired by moments—from ...