Alma Thomas

E104378

African American artist abstract painter human painter woman artist

Alma Thomas was an influential African American abstract painter known for her vibrant, mosaic-like color field compositions and her pioneering role as a Black woman artist in the mid-20th-century American art world.

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Label	Occurrences
Alma Thomas canonical	1
Alma Woodsey Thomas	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American artist ⓘ abstract painter ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ woman artist ⓘ
activeYears	c. 1950s–1970s ⓘ
artisticStyle	color-based abstraction ⓘ non-objective abstraction ⓘ
burialPlace	Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Maryland, United States ⓘ
colorPalette	bright saturated colors ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1891-09-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1978-02-24 ⓘ
degree	BFA in Fine Arts from Howard University ⓘ
educatedAt	Teachers College, Columbia University ⓘ surface form: Columbia University Teachers College Howard University ⓘ
employer	Shaw Junior High School, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Thomas ⓘ
fieldOfWork	painting ⓘ
fullName	Alma Thomas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alma Woodsey Thomas
genre	abstract painting ⓘ
givenName	Alma ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ National Gallery of Art ⓘ surface form: National Gallery of Art, Washington Smithsonian American Art Museum ⓘ The White House Collection ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
honoredBy	retrospective exhibitions at major American museums ⓘ
influenced	later generations of African American abstract painters ⓘ
inspiredBy	nature ⓘ space exploration ⓘ
movement	Abstract art ⓘ Color Field painting ⓘ surface form: Color field painting
notableEvent	first African American woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
notableFor	pioneering role as a Black woman artist in mid-20th-century American art ⓘ vibrant mosaic-like color compositions ⓘ
notableWork	Mars Dust ⓘ Resurrection ⓘ Sky Light ⓘ The Eclipse ⓘ Wind, Sunshine and Flowers ⓘ
occupation	art teacher ⓘ painter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Columbus, Georgia ⓘ surface form: Columbus, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
residence	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
technique	small, repeated brushstrokes forming mosaic-like patterns ⓘ
workedAs	junior high school art teacher in Washington, D.C. ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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The Phillips Collection → hasWorkBy → Alma Thomas ⓘ

Alma Thomas → fullName → Alma Thomas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alma Woodsey Thomas