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When the highwaymen were making their paintings, they weren’t allowed to showcase their work in white galleries. On Feb. 18, the Fort Pierce community got a sneak peek of the Florida Highwaymen ...
THAT SOLD HIGHWAYMEN ART WAY BACK WHEN, 20 YEARS AGO. BUT IT’S A PAINTING THAT JUST SHOWS THE BEAUTY OF FLORIDA. AND AND THAT’S WHY IT’S CLASSIC ART NOW, BECAUSE THE HIGHWAYMEN CREATED A NEW ...
The Florida Highwaymen are a group of Black painters who started selling their art out of their cars in the 1950s and 1960s during the peak of segregation. “You have a group of artists ...
TODAY, COVERING NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. ORIGINAL WORKS OF FLORIDA. HIGHWAYMEN. ART COMING TO PALM BEACH GARDENS SET TO BE DISPLAYED IN AN ART EXHIBIT. HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE CITY’S ...
The Florida Highwaymen who are still alive are Willie Reagan (1939), Robert L. Lewis Jr. (1941), Sam Newton (1948) and Curtis ...
The Florida Highwaymen are an iconic group of Black artists who lived predominately in Fort Pierce and Gifford in the 1950s. They got their start painting Florida landscapes under the tutelage of ...
Alfred Hair is played by grandson Kelvin Hair II. Other stars include Julian Horton, Daniel Augustin, Johnell Young and ...
Roger Lightle began collecting Highwaymen art a quarter century ago. “Some of these iconic images. Landscapes. What drew people to Florida? Landscapes— the sun, the warm weather,” said Lightle.
A free art exhibit showcasing the iconic Florida Highwaymen’s paintings kicked off in January, but today will be refreshed with 20 to 24 new paintings and extended for another six months in the ...