The Highwaymen (landscape artists) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Highwaymen, also referred to as the Florida Highwaymen, are a group of 26 African American landscape artists in Florida. Two of the original artists, Harold Newton, and Alfred Hair, received training from Alfred “Beanie” Backus. It is believed they may have created a body of work of over 200,000 paintings.
Florida Highwaymen Paintings | Art, History, News, and more
WEBIn the early 1950’s through the 1980’s a group of twenty-six African-American artists known as the “Florida Highwaymen” used vivid and bright colors to display the beautiful untouched Florida landscape.
Florida Highwaymen | National Museum of African American …
WEBNov 21, 2017 · Renowned for their resourcefulness, speed and creativity, a group of Florida artists known as the Highwaymen employed a unique painting style as a way to assert their economic independence and agency during and after the segregation era.
The Highwaymen: Segregation-Era Florida Artists Sold, and …
WEBRenowned for their resourcefulness, speed and creativity, a group of Florida artists known as the Highwaymen employed a unique painting style as a way to assert their economic independence and agency during and after the segregation era.
Legacy of Florida Highwaymen Artists | Highwaymen Art
WEBExplore the vibrant history and stunning beauty of Florida Highwaymen paintings created by legendary Florida Highwaymen artists. Find your perfect piece today!
Florida Highwaymen Collection - Museum of Florida History
WEBBackus adapted impressionism and the American landscape painting tradition to the bright sky and lush landscapes of tropical Florida. Hair and the other Highwaymen took these elements further, using bright, bold, and sometimes exaggerated colors.
The Highwaymen | History of the Florida Highwaymen
WEBFrom the early 1950’s through the 1980's a group of twenty-six African-American artists painted beautiful landscapes that displayed the serene, undeveloped Florida landscape of their time. Today these artists are known as the “Florida Highwaymen”.
FL Highwaymen Art
WEBOver the next eight decades, the Florida Highwaymen group may have created an incredible 250,000 paintings. For almost 40 years, the 26 artists (including one woman) toiled in relative obscurity before being discovered and named in 1995.
The Artists – Original Florida Hall of Fame Highwaymen
WEBEight artists were at the center, setting the tone and parameters of the collective aesthetic and the pace of their enterprise. The others certainly contributed meaningfully by making superb paintings as well, filling in the details as it were, to define the whole of the Highwaymen story.
Highwaymen - A. E. Backus Gallery & Museum
WEBLearn about the Highwaymen, a group of African American artists celebrated for their Florida landscape paintings, at the A. E. Backus Gallery & Museum.
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