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Alma Thomas

(American, 1891–1978)

Alma Thomas

Scarlet Sage Dancing a Whirling Dervish, 1976

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Alma Thomas

Red Rambling Rose Spring Song, 1976

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Alma Thomas

Untitled, 1960

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Alma Thomas

Untitled, 1962

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Alma Thomas

Untitled, ca. 1966

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Alma Thomas

Untitled, 1960

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Alma Thomas

Untitled, 1961

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Alma Thomas

Untitled, ca. 1968

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Alma Thomas

Forecast of Spring, 1967

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Biography

Timeline

1891: b. Columbus, Georgia
1978: d. Washington, D.C.)
: Miner Teachers Normal School, Washington, D.C.
: Howard University, Washington, D.C.
: Teachers College, Columbia University, New York
: New York University School of Education

Exhibitions

1981: “Forever Free: An Exhibit of Art by Afro-American Women 1862-1980,” Center for The Visual Arts Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal (Snoopy-Early Sun Display on Earth, Composition, Flowers Near Jefferson Memorial, Wind and Crepe Myrtle Concerto, It is Spring); circulated 1981-82 to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama; Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston; The Art Gallery, University of Maryland; and Indianapolis Museum of Art
1979: “Black Artists/South,” Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama (Flowers at Jefferson Memorial)
1976 - 1977: “Two Centuries of Black American Art,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Flowers at Jefferson Memorial, Red Rose Sonata, White Dogwood). Circulated 1976-1977 to The High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas; and The Brooklyn Museum, New York
1975: “Eleven in New York, “Women’s Interart Center Inc. New York
1970: “Afro-American Artists, New York and Boston,” jointly organized by the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, The Museum of Fine Arts, and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Azalea Spring Symphonies, Wind Dances with Flower Beds)
1969: August 1– October 6, “Contemporary American Black Artists,” Art and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution, circulated in 1970 by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
1966: “Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Gallery of Art,” Gallery of Art, Howard University (Blue Abstraction)
1965: “Sixth Annual Washington Area Religious Art Exhibition,” Washington, D.C. Gas Light Company (St. Cecilia at the Organ)
1964: “Twenty-Third Annual Exhibition: Paintings, Sculpture and Prints by Negro Artists,” Trevor Arnett Library, Atlanta University (Blue Abstraction, Freedom March)
1963: “Artists for CORE Exhibition and Sale,” Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
1962: “Sixty-Fifth Annual Exhibition of Watercolor Association,” U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (Nocturnal Space)
1961: “Washington Religious Art Exhibition,” sponsored by National Conference of Christians and Jews, held at National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
1960: , “Water Color Paintings Featuring Washington Artists,” sponsored by College Art Services; circulated to Gallery of Art, Howard University
1959: “Hilda Shapiro Paintings and Sculpture and Alma Thomas Paintings,” Watkins Gallery of Art, The American University, Washington, D.C.
1958: “Art Teachers Exhibition,” Washington, D.C.
1957: “Fourteenth Anniversary Exhibition: Contemporary American Art,” Barnett-Aden Gallery (Sumptuous Feast)
1956: “Sixty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Washington Artists,” National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution (Still Life)
1955: “The Tenth Annual Area Exhibition of Work by Artists of Washington and Vicinity,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Still Life)
1954: “Six Washington Painters,” Barnett-Aden Gallery, Washington, D.C., (The Orange Jug, Peonies and Fruit, Street Scene)
1953: “Twenty Paintings from the Barnett-Aden Gallery,” Dupont Theatre Art Gallery, Washington, D.C. (Georgetown)

Literature

: Atkinson, J. Edward, Black Dimensions in Contemporary Art. New York: New American Library, 1971
: Dover, Cedric. American Negro Art. 3rd ed. Greenwich, Ct: New York Graphics Society, 1965
: Fine, Elsa Honig. The Afro-American Artists: A Search for Identity, New York: Holt, Reinhart, and Winston, 1973
: Foresta, Merry A. A Life in Art: Alma Thomas 1891-1978. National Museum of American Art. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. 1981. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. Stock number: 047-000-00381-4
: Frazier, E. Franklin. Black Bourgeoisie: The Rise of a New Middle Class in the United States. New York: Collier Books, 1969
: Munro, Eleanor. Originals: American Women Artists. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979
: Vachtova, Ludmila. Kupka: Pioneer of Abstract Art. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968

Alma Thomas

(American, 1891–1978)

Alma Thomas

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Alma Thomas

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

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