Thomas Sills

**Thomas Sills** (August 20, 1914 – September 26, 2000) o daa nyɛla peenta-peenta mini ŋun daa lahi be "New York Abstract Expressionist movement". O tuma ni daa duri zuɣusaa yuma din gbaai 1960s zaŋ chaŋ 1970s, o tumanima daa be binkura biɛhisi sheei pam. 

O tumanima nyɛla bɛ ni zaŋ shɛli kpehi Metropolitan Museum of Art,  Whitney Museum of American Art,  Museum of Modern Art,  San Francisco Museum Modern of Art,  Brooklyn Museum of Art,  High Museum of Art,  Studio Museum din be Harlem, n-ti pahiNewark Museum.

## Selected solo exhibitions
*Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY, *Thomas Sills: Variegations, Paintings 1950s–70s*, 2022
*Corcoran Fine Arts, Cleveland, OH, *Thomas Sills Retrospective Exhibition*, 2005
*Art Association of Newport, Newport, RI (solo) 1972

## Collections
*San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA: 1 piece (as of June 2021)
*Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY: 1 piece (as of June 2021)
*Los Angeles County Museum, CA
*Museum of Modern Art, NY: 1 piece (as of June 2021)
*Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Massachusetts: 1 piece (as of June 2021)
*Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts: 1 painting (as of March 2023)
## Footnotes

## Bibliography
*Allen, S. A. (1972), "Introduction."
**Archives of American Art Journal*, 11 ( nos. 1–4, 1971): 33
**Archives of American Art* (1977), Checklist, 100 items plus one restricted item.
**Art Digest*, Newsletter 4 (May 1, 1969): 6
**Art Gallery*, 13 (April 1970): 16A, 28: 35; 40–41.
**Art Gallery*, 14 (March 1971): 69–70, *Pertinent and Impertinent: Mosaicist*. On Jeanne Reynal, wife of Sills; mentions him, pp.&nbsp;69 – 70.
**Art Gallery*, 15 (March 1972): 32–36. "Eye on New York." Mentions Sills solo at Bodley Gallery, p.&nbsp;33; illus.
**Art Gallery*, March 15, 1972). "Guide."
**Art News*, 17 articles 1955–74
**Art News*, 69, March 1970.
*Brooklyn College (1969), *Afro-American Artists Since 1950: April 15 – May 18, 1969*, New York, NY: Brooklyn College. (Exhibition Catalog)
*Campbell, L. "The Flowering of Thomas Sills" in *Art News*, March 1972
*Campbell, L. and Sills, T. (1964), *Sills*, Chicago: William and Noma Copley Foundation.
*Cederholm, T. (1973), *Afro-American Artists, A Bio-bibliographical Survey*, Boston: Trustees of the Boston Library.
*Craig, R. J. (1969), *Afro-American Artists, 1800–1969: December 5–29, 1969*, Philadelphia, PA: School District and Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center. (Exhibition Catalog)
*Dover, Cedric. *American Negro Art*, 1960, p.&nbsp;48 & 183, pl. 91
*Fine, E. H. (1973), *The Afro-American artist: A search for identity*, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
*Fine, E. H. (1981), *The African American artist : A search for identity*, New York: Hacker Art Books.
*Gaither, E. B. (1970), *Afro-American Artists: New York and Boston: May 19 – June 23, 1970*, Boston, MA: Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists. (Exhibition Catalog)
*Holmes, O. N. (1993?, 1973), *Black artists in America : part three: Romare Bearden, [[Selma Burke]], Elton C. Fax, Palmer Hayden, Richard Mayhew, Thomas Sills, and  Charles White*, Alexandria, Va. : Oakley N. Holmes, [1990?, 1973] Edition: VHS video.
*Igoe, L. M. (1981), *250 Years of Afro-American Art – An Annotated Bibliography*. New York, NY
*Jeffries, R. (1974), *Directions in Afro-American Art: September 18 – October 27, 1974*, Ithaca, NY: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University. (Exhibition Catalog)
*Jones, K. (1989), *Abstract Expressionism: The Missing Link*, New York: Studio Museum in Harlem.
*K., I. C. (1957), "The Surprise of  Painter Tom Sills," *The Village Voice*, p.&nbsp;17
*Kenkeleba House (1991)*The Search for Freedom: African American Abstract Painting, 1945 – 1975*, New York: Kenkeleba House.
*Kraskin, S. (2006), *Encore : Five Abstract Expressionists : [[Amaranth Ehrenhalt]], Leonard Nelson, Jeanne Reynal, Thomas Sills, and Ary Stillman*, New York: Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College.
*Mandle, R. (1986), *30 Contemporary Black Artists: October 17 – November 24, 1968*, Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts. (Exhibition Catalog)
*Montgomery, E. "Thomas Sills – An Interesting Artistic Life" in *Thomas Albert Sills (1914–2000): A Retrospective of the Work*, Cleveland, OH: Corcoran Fine Arts Limited, Inc. (gallery brochure)
*Paul Kantor Gallery (1962), *Thomas Sills : May 14 – June 2, 1962*, Beverly Hills, CA: Paul Kantor Gallery.
*RISD Museum of Art (1969), *Contemporary Black Artists: July 1–31, 1969*, Providence, RI:  Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design.
**Pictures on Exhibits*, 30 (5): "Exhibition at the Betty Parsons Gallery"
*Rose, M. A. (2010), *African American Abstract Artists* New York: Anita Shapolsky Gallery (Gallery Catalog)
*Sims, L. S. (2000), "Thomas A. Sills: A Eulogy" in *Thomas Albert Sills (1914–2000): A Retrospective of the Work*, Cleveland, OH: Corcoran Fine Arts Limited, Inc. (gallery brochure)
*Campbell, Lawrence (1964), *Sills,* William and Noma Copley Foundation, Chicago IL.
*Spradley, Mary Mace (1980), *In Black and White: Afro-Americans in Print*, Kalamazoo, MI: Kalamazoo Public Library
*Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Oral History Collection. Interview with Thomas A. Sills, conducted 1968 July 13 by Henri Ghent
**New York Times*, Thomas Sills, Obituaries, October 2, 2000.
*Waters, Jerry C. (1982), *Directions in Afro-American Abstract Art: October 17 – November 17, 1982*, Nashville, TN: Van Vechten Gallery, Fisk University. (Exhibition Catalog)
**Who's Who in American Art*, Vol. III, p.&nbsp;3031 (1999).

## External links
*Jeanne Reynal and Thomas Sills, *Art Couple: Work of the 1950s*. http://www.anitashapolskygallery.com/past_exhibit_reynal_sills.html