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Alma Thomas (1891-1978)

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Butler, Charles T

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Encyclopedia article about Alma Thomas. A prominent abstract painter of the 1960s and 1970s, Alma Thomas was the first African American woman to have a solo art exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, in 1971.
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  1. African American Artists
  2. African American Painters
  3. African American Women Artists
  4. African American Women Painters
  5. African Americans
  6. Artists
  7. Painters
  8. Painting, American
  9. Washington (D.C.)
  10. Women
  11. Women Artists

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