Alma Thomas
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican painter and art educator (1891-1978)
, and is now recognized as a major American painter of the 20th century. She is the first African-American woman to be included in the White House's permanent art collection.
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Alma Thomas's childhood home in Columbus, Georgia
March on Washington (1964) at the National Gallery of Art in 2022
Pansies in Washington (1969) at the National Gallery of Art in 2022
Earth Sermon - Beauty, Love and Peace (1971) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 2022
Thomas at the opening of her solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum in 1972
Mars Dust (1972) at the Whitney Museum in 2023
Red Azaleas Singing and Dancing Rock and Roll Music (1976) at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2023Awards 1
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Lillian Gordy CarterAlso won Georgia Women of Achievement
Harriet PowersAlso won Georgia Women of Achievement
Leila DenmarkAlso won Georgia Women of Achievement
Helen Dortch LongstreetAlso won Georgia Women of Achievement
Hedy WestAlso won Georgia Women of Achievement
Lillian SmithAlso won Georgia Women of AchievementAbout this person
Alma Woodsey Thomas was an 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. She is the first African-American woman to be included in the White House's permanent art collection. Thomas is best known for the "exuberant", colorful, abstract paintings that she created after she retired from a 35-year career teaching art at Washington's Shaw Junior High School.
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