1968, Alma Thomas, Light Blue Nursery -- Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington)
From the museum label:
With its neatly ordered rows of brushstrokes, Light Blue Nursery evokes the appearance of colorful plants lined up at a nursery. The variation of touch and direction with which Thomas applied the strokes of paint creates a sense of flickering movement. She once said, "My paintings of nurseries and flower gardens have been inspired by the forms or color patterns seen from airplanes speeding through space."
Acquired in 1970, Light Blue Nursery was the first painting by Thomas to enter the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. It was a favorite of the museum's director at the time, Joshua Taylor, who hung it in his office. It also spent time on loan to the White House. Stephen Hess, the National Chairman of the White House Conference on Children and Youth, later wrote in a letter to the artist, "[it] cheered me up during many dark moments."
1968, Alma Thomas, Light Blue Nursery -- Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington)
From the museum label:
With its neatly ordered rows of brushstrokes, Light Blue Nursery evokes the appearance of colorful plants lined up at a nursery. The variation of touch and direction with which Thomas applied the strokes of paint creates a sense of flickering movement. She once said, "My paintings of nurseries and flower gardens have been inspired by the forms or color patterns seen from airplanes speeding through space."
Acquired in 1970, Light Blue Nursery was the first painting by Thomas to enter the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. It was a favorite of the museum's director at the time, Joshua Taylor, who hung it in his office. It also spent time on loan to the White House. Stephen Hess, the National Chairman of the White House Conference on Children and Youth, later wrote in a letter to the artist, "[it] cheered me up during many dark moments."