Florida Highwaymen Art

The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters

by: GARY MONROE

The Highwaymen introduces a group of young black artists who painted their way out of the despair awaiting them in citrus groves and packing houses of 1950s Florida. As their story recaptures the imagination of Floridians and their paintings fetch ever-escalating prices, the legacy of their freshly conceived landscapes exerts a new and powerful influence on the popular conception of the Sunshine State.
Gary Monroe tells the story behind the Highwaymen, a loose association of 25 men and 1 woman from the Fort Pierce area--a fascinating mixture of individual talent, collective enterprise, and cultural heritage. He also offers a critical look at the paintings and the movement's development. Added to this are personal reminiscences by some of the artists, along with a gallery of 63 full-color reproductions of their paintings.

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The Highwaymen Florida's Outsider Artists

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This is the story of a group of young, untrained African-American landscape painters that emerged from the small central Florida town of Fort Pierce in the late 50s and early 60s. Segregation and racist attitudes of the time prevented them from working with traditional art galleries. Instead, they traveled throughout the state selling their paintings out of the trunks of their cars. The going rate was around $35 a painting. They painted on wallboard because it was cheaper than canvas. Back then, some called it "junk art." But in 1995 the Highwaymen became recognized by the art world. Today their paintings sometimes sell for thousands of dollars, and they are considered an important part of Florida's 20th Century cultural history. It is estimated that their aggregate work may exceed 200,000 paintings.

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Harold Newton: The Original Highwayman

by: GARY MONROE

In 1954 artist Harold Newton (1934-1994) began traveling throughout his native Florida to sell the vibrant, dramatic landscape paintings that characterize his oeuvre; a decade later, he had an inspired group of about two dozen followers, largely self-taught African-American artists, known collectively as the Highwaymen because they often sold their paintings at roadsides to passing motorists. Photographer and writer Monroe (The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters) prefaces this collection of 165 paintings with an informative and enjoyable essay on Newton that includes a vividly detailed biography of the artist, largely based on reminiscences from Newton's fellow artists, friends and family. Monroe also examines Newton's technique and the significance of his legacy, which Monroe argues was defined by the artist's ability to portray Florida as a vigorous and fertile Promised Land. Also of interest are Monroe's comments on the capriciousness of the art market; while Newton's work was little known throughout his career, it has become highly collectible in the past decade. This is an excellent, beautifully illustrated introduction to a dynamic painter that sparks the viewer's interest in Newton and his fellow highwaymen, all of whom created against the backdrop of Jim Crow.

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Celebrating Florida: Works of Art from the Vickers Collection (Florida Sesquicentennial)

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Celebrating Florida presents for the first time a full-color collection of 66 important paintings, drawings, and prints of Florida-based art.
Featuring such artists as Winslow Homer, Louis Comfort Tiffany, George Inness, William Glackens, Martin Johnson Heade, Frank Shapleigh, and Herman Herzog, the book highlights some of the world's most significant artists, who came to Florida from 1823 to 1950 to capture the Sunshine State.

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Floridiana: Collecting Florida's Best

by: Myra Yellin Outwater, Eric B. Outwater

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Florida is always associated with all that is bright, colorful, funky, and fun. This book captures the spirit of Florida in the collectibles, ephemera, souvenirs, and nostalgic items that it produced. There are also highlights of Florida history and its culture, a price guide, and an index. Complete with postcards, tablecloths, ceramics, clothing, jewelry, dolls, figurines, and much more, it celebrates the tourist culture that helped populate Florida from the 1900s through the 1970s. Over 650 photographs bring the fun and fantasy of Florida to life, presenting what many consider as truly Florida's best!

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The Art of Abstract Painting: A Guide to Creativity and Free Expression

by: Rolina van Vliet

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The Art of Botanical Painting

by: Margaret Stevens

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Japanese Ink Painting: The Art of Sumi-e

by: Naomi Okamoto

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The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax

by: Joanne Mattera

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Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago

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