Alma W. Thomas (1891–1978) was an African American color field painter. 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... Color Field is an art movement characterized by canvases being covered entirely by large fields of solid color. ...

Born and raised in Columbus, Georgia, Thomas moved to Washington, D.C. with her family in 1907. She was the first graduate from the Howard University art department in 1924. Her early art was realistic, but delved into abstration influenced by the work of her professors Lois Mailou Jones and James Herring. The new approach she developed is what she became known for; large canvases were filled with irregular brightly colored patterns. These works have been compared to Byzantine mosaics and the pointillism of Georges Seurat. Columbus is a city located in Muscogee County, Georgia. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Howard University is a historically black college in Washington, D.C. It was established by a congressional charter in 1867, and much of its early funding came from the Freedmens Bureau. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Realism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Loid Mailou Jones (1905—1998) was a African American Harlem Renaissance painter. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... This article is about a decorative art. ... One of Seurats sketches for Grand Jatte, 1888 Pointillism is a style of painting in which non- primary colors are generated, not by the mixing of pigments in the palette nor by using pigments directly, but by the visual mixing of points of primary colors, placed in close proximity... Le Chahut was painted by Seurat from 1889 to 1890. ...

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