Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

"An overnight success, 80 years in the making."

Alma W. Thomas lived a life of firsts: the first Fine Arts graduate of Howard University (1924), the first Black woman to mount a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1972), and the first Black woman to have her paintings exhibited in the White House (2009). Yet she did not receive national attention until she was 80.

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Michelle Obama: Life After the White House

2020

Spellbound

Spellbound

2002

Brush with Life: The Art of Being Edward Biberman

2007

Dentro Caravaggio

Dentro Caravaggio

2019

Fresh Faces

Fresh Faces

2022

H*art On

H*art On

2017

Semi Colin

Semi Colin

2012

Ashes and Snow

Ashes and Snow

2005

1/57: Experiment with Synthetic Sound (Test)

1957

The Past Is a Grotesque Animal

The Past Is a Grotesque Animal

2014

The Neon Studio of Carolina Pereira

The Neon Studio of Carolina Pereira

2023

A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy

1962

Pictures at an Exhibition

Pictures at an Exhibition

1996

Rico: The Richard DeMarco Story

Rico: The Richard DeMarco Story

2021

32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

2017

Bloed

Bloed

2011

Metamorphose: M.C. Escher, 1898-1972

Metamorphose: M.C. Escher, 1898-1972

1999

Leonardo: The Works

Leonardo: The Works

2019

Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait

Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait

2019

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

2020