“Creative art is for all t.mes and is therefore independent of t.mes . It is of all ages, of every land, and if by this we mean the creative spirit in man which produces a picture or a statue is common to the whole civilized world, independent of age, race and nationality; the stat.mes nt may stand unchallenged.”
Alma Thomas, 1970

Left: Atmospheric Effects I, 1970. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Right: Photograph of Alma Thomas with her work at the Whitney Museum of American Art, circa 1972. Alma Thomas papers, circa 1894-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.