Alma Thomas

**Alma Woodsey Thomas** bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli September bɛɣu pishi ni ayi dali yuuni 1891 puuni  , ka o kani silimiingoli  February bɛɣu pishi ni anahi dali yuuni  1978, o daa nyɛla ŋun nyɛ gban sabinli mini gban pɛili nucheeni tuun tumda ka lahi nyɛ chicha, ka nyɛ ŋun be ka lahi tumdi Washington, D.C. ni yaha, o pa nyɛla bɛ ni baŋso ka o pa nyɛ silimiintiŋ zaa peeita so ŋun yuli daa duri yuma   20th century saha la.

## Tuma nim din yipolo

* *Watercolors by Alma Thomas*, 1960, Dupont Theatre Art Gallery
* *Alma Thomas: A Retrospective Exhibition (1959-1966)*, 1966, Howard University Gallery of Art
* *Alma Thomas: Recent Paintings*, 1968, Franz Bader Gallery 
* *Recent Paintings by Alma W. Thomas: Earth and Space Series (1961–1971)*, 1971, Carl Van Vechten Gallery, Fisk University 
* *Alma W. Thomas*, 1972, Whitney Museum of American Art
* *Alma W. Thomas: Retrospective Exhibition*, 1972, Corcoran Gallery of Art
* *Alma W. Thomas: Paintings*, 1973, Martha Jackson Gallery
* *Alma W. Thomas: Recent Paintings*, 1975, Howard University Gallery of Art
* *Alma W. Thomas: Recent Paintings*, 1976, H.C. Taylor Art Gallery, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
* *A Life in Art: Alma Thomas, 1891-1978*, 1981, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
* *Alma W. Thomas: A Retrospective of the Paintings*, 1998, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Tampa Museum of Art, New Jersey State Museum, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and The Columbus Museum
* *Alma Thomas: Phantasmagoria, Major Paintings from the 1970s*, 2001, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, and Women's Museum: An Institution for the Future
* *A Proud Continuum: Eight Decades of Art at Howard University*, 2005, Howard University
* *Color Balance: Paintings by Felrath Hines and Alma Thomas*, 2010, Nasher Museum of Art
* *Alma Thomas*, 2016, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, and The Studio Museum in Harlem
* *Alma Thomas: Resurrection Exhibition*, 2019, Mnuchin Gallery 
* *Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful*, 2021, Chrysler Museum of Art

## Tuma nim di yina zamani

* *Watusi (Hard Edge)* (1963), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
**Air View of a Spring Nursery* (1966), Columbus Museum, Georgia
**Breeze Rustling Through Fall Flowers* (1968), Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
**Nature's Red Impressions* (1968), Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
* *Resurrection* (1968), White House Historical Association, Washington, D.C. 
* *Wind, Sunshine and Flowers* (1968), Brooklyn Museum, New York
**Iris, Tulips, Jonquils and Crocuses* (1969), National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
* *Pansies in Washington* (1969), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 
* *Lunar Surface* (1970), American University Museum, Washington, D.C.
* *Snoopy Early Sun Display* (1970), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
**Earth Sermon - Beauty, Love and Peace* (1971), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
**Evening Glow* (1972), Baltimore Museum of Art 
**Mars Dust* (1972), Whitney Museum, New York
* *Red Atmosphere* (1972), Tougaloo College, Jackson, Mississippi
* *Red Roses Sonata* (1972), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
* *Starry Night and the Astronauts* (1972), Art Institute of Chicago
**Fiery Sunset* (1973), Museum of Modern Art, New York
* *Spring Embraces Yellow* (1973), University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City 
* *Wind and Crêpe Myrtle Concerto* (1973), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
* *Wind Sparkling Dew and Green Grass* (1973), Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana
**Hydrangeas Spring Song* (1976), Philadelphia Museum of Art
**Red Azaleas Singing and Dancing Rock and Roll Music* (1976), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
* *White Roses Sing and Sing* (1976), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 
* *Untitled: Music Series* (1978), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

## Memorials

Alma Thomas Teen Space n be  Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library was nyɛla ŋun yuli daa pahi n boli o yuli.

## Baŋma

## Kundivihira

## Mamaŋ lahibali

* Patton, Sharon F. *African-American Art.* Oxford: Oxford University Press (1998). 
* "Alma Thomas papers, 1894-2000". *[https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/alma-thomas-papers-9241 Finding Aid.]* Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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* *Alma W. Thomas: A Retrospective of the Paintings*. Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne Museum of Art (1998). 
* Merry A. Foresta, *A Life in Art: Alma Thomas, 1891-1978*. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art (1981). 
* Foresta, Merry A. *A Life in Art: Alma Thomas, 1891-1978*. Published for the National Museum of American Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981.
* *Alma Thomas*. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art (1972). 

## External links

*Alma Thomas's work at the Smithsonian
*Alma Thomas, Skidmore University
*Works by Alma Thomas at the National Gallery of Art
*Swann Galleries, "Alma Thomas’s Journey to Abstraction" (Sep. 27, 2017) - five examples of paintings showing the evolution of her abstract style from the 1950s to the 1970s
*"Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color" short documentary (2021)