Painters [*/ ) Abstract compositions | Alma Woodsey Thomas, 1966-1973
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Air View of a Spring Nursery, 1966
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Starry Night and the Astronauts, 1972
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Red Violet Nursery Viewed from Above, 1970
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Blast Off, 1970
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Iris, Tulips, Jonquils, and Crocuses, 1969
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Untitled, 1968
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Elysian Fields, 1973
Alma Woodsey Thomas, New Galaxy, 1970
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Atmospheric Effects I, 1970
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Atmospheric Effects II, 1972
Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891 – 1978) was an African-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. 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.
