Artist
Alma Woodsey Thomas
American, 1891–1978
Alma Woodsey Thomas was an American Contemporary Abstract artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Alma Woodsey Thomas was born in Columbus.
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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