Alma Thomas Wind, Sunshine, and Flowers Umbrella

Produced by the Studio Museum in Harlem, this double walled, small umbrella features work from artist Alma Thomas’s Wind, Sunshine, Flowers (1968).

Thomas’s lifelong study of color theory and her gestural, staccato brushstrokes suggesting movement across the canvas expanded upon the work of the contemporaneous Washington Color School and the Abstract Expressionists of the 1940s and 1950s. She cited natural elements as inspiration and often titled her works with allusions to flowers, sun, and wind.

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100% polyester
Double walled, small and collapsible

Alma W. Thomas
Wind, Sunshine and Flowers, 1968.
Acrylic on canvas, 71 3/4 x 51 7/8 in. (182.2 x 131.8 cm).
Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, 76.120.
© 2023 Estate ofAlma Thomas (Courtesy of the Hart Family) / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York