Throughout history, there have been distinct art movements: Impressionism, Expressionism, Modernism, Minimalism, etc. Every “-ism” began with a group of like-minded artists who fashioned their ...

“Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas” draws on the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s extensive holdings of Alma Thomas’ art to offer an intimate view of her evolving practice during her most ...

Alma Thomas is a singular figure in the story of twentieth-century American art. She developed her exuberant form of abstract painting late in life, after retiring from a long career as a ...