Alma Thomas

Thomas, Alma Woodsey

American, 1891 - 1978

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Alma Thomas, Untitled, 1977, watercolor with graphite on Arches watercolor paper, Anonymous Gift in loving memory of Manni Adams, PhD (nee Jeanne Marie Grozanich), 2024.154.3

Untitled

Alma Thomas · 1977 · watercolor with graphite on Arches watercolor paper ·  Accession ID  2024.154.3

Scarlet-red dashes create loose vertical lines against a bright white background that fill this vertical abstract painting. Most of the dashes are vertical but some slant at an angle. The artist signed and dated the work with white paint in the lower right corner, “AWT 73.”
Alma Thomas, Red Rose Cantata, 1973, acrylic on canvas, Gift of Vincent Melzac, 1976.6.1

Red Rose Cantata

Alma Thomas · 1973 · acrylic on canvas ·  Accession ID  1976.6.1

Alma Thomas, Untitled, 1973, gouache on wove paper, Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy, 2019.109.78

Untitled

Alma Thomas · 1973 · gouache on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2019.109.78

Alma Thomas, Untitled, 1971, acrylic over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.511

Untitled

Alma Thomas · 1971 · acrylic over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2012.92.511

Alma Thomas, Untitled, 1970, watercolor on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn), 2015.19.3436

Untitled

Alma Thomas · 1970 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3436

This nearly square, abstract painting is filled with circles within circles, like nested rings, each of a single bright color against the ivory white of the canvas. Each ring is made up of a series of short, rectangular dashes, and some bands are narrower while others are a bit wider. The majority of the rings are crimson and brick red, and they are interspersed with bands of lapis blue, army green, and pale pink. One of two pumpkin-orange bands is the smallest, innermost ring at the center. There is one aqua-blue colored ring just inside a pale, shell-white ring, which is the first to get cropped by the edges of the canvas. A few red, green, and blue rings beyond the white band are only seen at the corners of the canvas.
Alma Thomas, Pansies in Washington, 1969, acrylic on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Vincent Melzac), 2015.19.144

Pansies in Washington

Alma Thomas · 1969 · acrylic on canvas ·  Accession ID  2015.19.144

Vertical bands of vibrant, saturated color are created with upright dashes of paint in this abstract, square painting. The colors range widely from primary colors to intense jewel tones, and there is no repeating pattern. The dashes are also varying widths, and bands occasionally repeat so there could be two or more of a single color before another shade marches up the canvas.
Alma Thomas, Tiptoe Through the Tulips, 1969, acrylic on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Vincent Melzac), 2015.19.145

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

Alma Thomas · 1969 · acrylic on canvas ·  Accession ID  2015.19.145

Alma Thomas, Autumn Drama, c. 1969, acrylic on canvas, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), 2015.19.211

Autumn Drama

Alma Thomas · c. 1969 · acrylic on canvas ·  Accession ID  2015.19.211

Alma Thomas, Spring Fantasy, 1963, transparent watercolor with brush and blue and black inks on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Ida Jervis in Memory of Alma Thomas), 2015.143.1350

Spring Fantasy

Alma Thomas · 1963 · transparent watercolor with brush and blue and black inks on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.143.1350

Alma Thomas, Winter Shadows, c. 1960, watercolor with brush and black ink on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Ida and Sidney Jervis), 2014.136.219

Winter Shadows

Alma Thomas · c. 1960 · watercolor with brush and black ink on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2014.136.219