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FORT PIERCE, Fla. — One of the last living Highwaymen, Al Black, who became a Treasure Coast icon with his paintbrush, has passed away. The Florida Highwaymen were a group of 26 African American ...
Numerous key galleries and museums such as Tampa Museum of Art have featured Alfred Hair's work in the past. Alfred Hair in the news Alfred Hair has been featured in articles for The Magazine Antiques ...
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 ...
The City of Boynton Beach Arts & Cultural Center is hosting the 6th Annual Florida Highwaymen Art Show & Sale. It will be held at the 125 E. Ocean Avenue center on January 11 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
He moved to Fort Pierce in the 1960s and sold Florida Highwaymen paintings before he became an artist. He was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2004. One of the last original 26 ...
Artists create and shoppers partake of paintings by Highwaymen artists past and present during the 8th annual Highwaymen Heritage Trail Art Show & Festival on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, at Moore’s ...
When the Highwaymen would sell their paintings on the side of the road, they would get $25, maybe $35, for them. Today, these paintings can run in the tens of thousands of dollars.
MOUNT DORA, Fla. – The Florida Highwaymen are known for turning paintings of Florida landscapes quickly and selling them from $5 to $25 in the southern region during the Jim Crow era at offices ...
Florida Highwaymen Alfred Hair and Harold Newton founded the group of Black artists in Fort Pierce and Gifford. They sold painting by the roadside.