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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; [http://www.askart.com/AskART/T/alma_woodsey_thomas/alma_woodsey_thomas.aspx?ID=30109] In 1972, at the age of 80, Alma Woodsey Thomas became the first African American woman to be
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; [http://www.askart.com/AskART/T/alma_woodsey_thomas/alma_woodsey_thomas.aspx?ID=30109] In 1972, at the age of 80, Alma Woodsey Thomas became the first African American woman to be
granted a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
granted a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. [http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:G28-Og_ov_IJ:www.columbusmuseum.com/PDFs/Colorlinepattern.pdf+Alma+Woodsey+Thomas+she+was+80&hl=es&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=mx&client=firefox-a]
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