Fun Fact: Alma Thomas’, Resurrection, was selected by Michelle Obama to hang in the White House Old Family Dining Room during Black History Month in 2015. We know from the Book of Mormon that the resurrection is a restoration that brings back “carnal for carnal” and “good for that which is good” (Alma 41:13; see also Alma 41:2–4 and Hel. The African-American artist Alma Thomas, a devout abstractionist and lesser-known member of the Washington Color School group, didn't start painting until she was in her 70s, nor receive wide-spread recognition until after her death in 1978 — and even then, it was relatively short-lived. Acquired in 2014 and hung in the Old Family Dining Room, Resurrection was the first work of art by an … Resurrection by Alma Thomas Sunny Haack Washington, DC February 23, 2019 February 23, 2019 2 Minutes Don’t miss this when you are going on an official tour of … In 2015, the Obama administration hung an Alma Thomas painting (Resurrection, ca. Resurrection is much more than merely reuniting a spirit to a body held captive by the grave. Alma Woodsey Thomas was an American artist and educator whose distinctive color field paintings recall the techniques of Pointillism and Abstract Expressionism while representing an altogether independent artistic vision and body of work. “Resurrection” by Alma Thomas (White House Historical Association [White House Collection]) An educator and artist in Washington for most of her career, Alma Thomas was one of the renowned members of the Washington Color School. A world without color would seem dead. Alma Woodsey Thomas was an American artist and educator whose distinctive color field paintings recall the techniques of Pointillism and Abstract Expressionism while representing an altogether independent artistic vision and body of work. Light reveals to us the spirit and living soul of the world through colors. The Georgia native spent most of her life in Washington D.C., where she taught art at Shaw Junior High School for 35 years. Color is life. The Georgia native spent most of her life in Washington D.C., where she taught art at Shaw Junior High School for 35 years. Resurrection, by Alma Thomas, is the color field painting for kids inspiration for today’s art project. A 2015 PHOTOGRAPH of the Obama family’s Passover seder evokes an irrevocably lost world. Light is the mother of color. Supplies needed for this project are: Bristol board (or other thick art paper) Today, Alma Thomas: Resurrection, on view at Mnuchin Gallery in New York, takes its title from another painting with a White House association. By 2016, major exhibitions started flowing in. 14:31). In it, we see Alma Thomas’s painting Resurrection, 1966, hanging in the White House dining room.This buoyant artwork was the first by an African American woman to be displayed as part of the permanent White House collection. The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College and the Studio Museum in Harlem co-organised a major retrospective of Thomas’s works. "Man's highest aspirations come from nature. The passion and talent of African American painter Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891-1978) shines through each of the full-color reproductions in this elegant book, the first comprehensive text published on Thomas's life and work in over fifteen years. Now that's changing, most vividly with a solo show at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, in New York. 1966) in the White House family dining room.