Alma Thomas' Untitled (front) print

Experience a part of Alma Thomas' painting evolution with the watercolor Untitled (front). This mid-sized print is the perfect accenting art for any space!

• Horizontal hang, 11x14 print (approx 10x12 image) with foam core back
• Custom printed with wide-gamut archival pigment inks
• 100% cotton acid-free fine art paper
• Printed in Oregon, USA by 1000Museums
• Untitled (front), 1960s
  Columbus Museum
  © 2023 Estate of Alma Thomas (Courtesy of the Hart Family) / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

*Friends of SCMA can get 10% discount!

In celebration of Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas on view at SCMA through December 2026 is on loan from Smithsonian American Art Museum, which has the largest public collection of works by Alma Thomas in the world.  This exhibit draws on these extensive holdings to offer an intimate view of Thomas’s evolving practice during her most prolific period, 1959 to 1978.

About the Artist:

Exuberant colorist Alma Thomas (American, 1891–1978) created glowing, mosaic-like artworks during her artistic prime. For nearly 40 years she taught art in Washington, DC, public schools, all the while exploring Expressionist, Abstract, and nonobjective phases of art. Her mature style features bold, splashy paintings inspired by nature and the happenings of her day. She was particularly excited by space exploration of the 1960s, which led to the noteworthy Space series in which her lifelong study of color theory sparkles. She was an artist of indomitable spirit. As a Black woman, she overcame hurdles related to race, gender, and age; she produced her most important works after age 70. Thomas is known as a major painter of the Washington Color Field School.