The Alma Thomas papers capture my fancy because of my long-standing interest in this African American female teacher and painter who lived and worked for much of her life in Washington ...

Alma Thomas, Pansies in Washington, 1969, Acrylic on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Alma Thomas, Untitled, 1922/1924, Oil on canvas, The Kinsey African American Art & History ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 1980.36.9 By the time Alma Thomas retired in 1960, she’d had a successful career. The first graduate of Howard University’s fine art ...