Black Excellence: Alma Thomas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Thomas
Alma Woodsey Thomas (September 22, 1891 – February 24, 1978) was an American artist and art teacher who lived and worked in Washington, D.C., and is now recognized as a major American painter of the 20th century. She is the first African-American woman to be included in the White House‘s permanent art collection.[1] Thomas is best known for the “exuberant”, colorful, abstract paintings that she created after she retired from a 35-year career teaching art at Washington’s Shaw Junior High School.