Delilah W. Pierce Among Alma Thomas’ Little Paris Group, 1948

Delilah W. Pierce and Alma Thomas were professional peers and friends. According to  the Smithsonian Institutes Archives of American Art their relationship was captured in the Alma Thomas papers, 1894-2001, in her Little Paris Group, 1948. The Little Paris Group, as described in the archives:

Met once a week with Miles Celine Tabary and Lois Jones, developing skills and styles circulating in at least six exhibition works a year. The annual exhibit was one of the highlights of the season, looked forward to the art lovers of the Washington community. (In the catalog of the District -Columbia Art Association, Exhibition, on back of the forward page.) See Also: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery

Visit the Archives of American Art to learn more about: The Little Paris Group, 1948.

[Updated] Evidence confirms that the group formed because they couldn't get back to Paris due to WWII. Delilah, Alma, and Lois were hanging out in Paris and Europe in the 30's. They were friends international artists such as Maurice Utrillo whose art is amongst the Delilah W. Pierce Collection. The group included a wider group of likeminded women and men who shared in the values of creativity, female empowerment, female entrepreneurship, and female cultural and intellectual capital. Also the woman standing right of the model seems to be Dorothy Height.

The Little Paris Group, 1948

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