Red+Sunset,+Old+Pond+Concerto

Date: 1972
 * [[image:https://s3.amazonaws.com/saam.media/files/styles/x_large/s3/images/1977/1977.48.5_1a.jpg?itok=iwqGo5Kl width="261" height="335" link="@https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/red-sunset-old-pond-concerto-24018"]] || Title: **Red Sunset, Old Pond Concerto**

Artist: **Alma Thomas** Born: Columbus, Georgia 1891 Died: Washington, District of Columbia 1978

Medium: acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 68 1/2 x 52 1/4 in. (175.0 x 134.5 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the Woodward Foundation

Accession: 1977.48.5 || Alma Thomas began her fine arts studies in the field of costume design but gradually shifted her focus to painting. She called these abstract patterns “Alma’s stripes” or “earth paintings” but gave them realistic titles. Nature and music fascinated her. Perhaps it was the shimmering shades of sunset on the water of a local pond that inspired this work.
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//Red Sunset, Old Pond Concerto// conveys the intensity of a sunset penetrating layers of greenery to strike darkening water on a summer day. Alma Thomas frequently talked about "watching leaves and flowers tossing in the wind as though they were singing and dancing." She also liked to imagine observing natural forms as if seen from an airplane. Her lyrical interpretation of a sunset suggests a blending of these two perspectives.


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@Alma Thomas in the NY Times @Alma Thomas Biography <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@Alma Thomas Color and Mood Activity <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@Alma Thomas Bio and Art Info <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">@Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian Archives
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;">Artist Biography <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;">SAAM Collections Page
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