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Alma W. Thomas |
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| The passion and talent of African American painter Alma Woodsey Thomas shines through each of the full-color reproductions in this elegant book, the first comprehensive text published on Thomas`s life and work in over fifteen years. This collection of her paintings epitomizes decisive periods of Thomas`s artistic career, tracing the progression of her oeuvre. Six essays (by Tritobia Hayes Benjamin, Ann Gibson, Jacob Kainen, Jonathan P. Binstock, Judith Wilson, and Sachi Yanari) illuminate the life and work of this pioneering painter. A gifted and dedicated artist whose life spanned vast social and political changes -- two world wars and the Great Depression; the flowering of the Harlem Renaissance; the struggles of civil rights, Black Power, and the women`s movements; and the dawn of space exploration -- Thomas steadfastly maintained her unique vision and expression, forging her path without regard to political or social expectations from the art world. In 1924 she became the first graduate of Howard University`s newly organized art department, and in 1972 she became the first African American woman artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. |
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