Akron Art Museum
70 East Market Street
Akron, OH 44308-2084
Akron, OH 44308-2084
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Museums page for Alma Woodsey Thomas ((1891 - 1978)), known for Non objective-optical imagery painting, teaching. Showing 18 museum collections and exhibitions.
Alma Woodsey Thomas MUSEUMS
1891 Columbus, Georgia - 1978 Washington, D.C.. Known for: Non objective-optical imagery painting, teaching.
Known for her exuberantly colorful canvases filled with abstract shapes and patterns, Alma W. Thomas had her first one-woman show at the age of 68, after retiring from a thirty-five year teaching... Read full biography
Known for her exuberantly colorful canvases filled with abstract shapes and patterns, Alma W. Thomas had her first one-woman show at the age of 68, after retiring from a thirty-five year teaching career. She accomplished many 'firsts' in her lifetime: in 1924, she was the first graduate of the Fine... Read full biography
Known for her exuberantly colorful canvases filled with abstract shapes and patterns, Alma W. Thomas had her first one-woman show at the age of 68, after retiring from a thirty-five year teaching career. She accomplished many 'firsts' in her lifetime: in 1924, she was the first graduate of the Fine Art Department of Howard University; in 1934, the first African-American woman to gain a Master's degree in art from Columbia University; and, 1972, when she was 80, she was the first... Read full biography
Known for her exuberantly colorful canvases filled with abstract shapes and patterns, Alma W. Thomas had her first one-woman show at the age of 68, after retiring from a thirty-five year teaching career. She accomplished many 'firsts' in her lifetime: in 1924, she was the first graduate of the Fine Art Department of Howard University; in 1934, the first African-American woman to gain a Master's degree in art from Columbia University; and, 1972, when she was 80, she was the first African-American woman to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Thomas was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia. In 1907 she moved with her family to Washington, D.C., into the house where she spent the remaining seven decades of her life. After... Read full biography
Known for her exuberantly colorful canvases filled with abstract shapes and patterns, Alma W. Thomas had her first one-woman show at the age of 68, after retiring from a thirty-five year teaching career. She accomplished many 'firsts' in her lifetime: in 1924, she was the first graduate of the Fine Art Department of Howard University; in 1934, the first African-American woman to gain a Master's degree in art from Columbia University; and, 1972, when she was 80, she was the first African-American woman to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Thomas was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia. In 1907 she moved with her family to Washington, D.C., into the house where she spent the remaining seven decades of her life. After graduating from high school, where she excelled at art, Thomas earned a teaching certificate and, later, a mas... Read full biography
Alma Woodsey Thomas - Artist Info
About Alma Woodsey Thomas: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (18)
All MuseumsArt Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110California African American Museum
Exposition Park
600 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
480 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3886Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
Bentonville, AR 72712Greenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Howard University Gallery of Art
Howard University
2455 6th Street
Washington, DC 20059La Salle University Art Museum
1900 West Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, N.W.
P.O. Box 96049
Washington, DC 20005-3920New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0530Tampa Museum of Art
120 W Gasparilla Plaza
Tampa, FL 33602The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1090Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014