Florida Highwaymen Art
News, Info and Paintings
In 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. The Florida Highwaymen painted wind-bent palm trees, serene sunsets, churning oceans and bright red Poinciana trees. They painted from their garages and back yards on inexpensive Upson board and then on the weekends they would travel and sell their Highwaymen paintings to hotels, offices, businesses and individuals who appreciated the artwork for around $25 a piece.
Collecting Florida Highwaymen art has become an exciting, but often expensive, hobby. The market for an original work of art by a Florida Highwayman can easily bring $5,000 or more. Some of the Highwaymen who are still living have resumed painting to meet the continuing demand for their work. Please take your time to browse our site for more information, or search above to find exactly what you are looking for.
Florida Highwaymen News
9 Mar 2010 at 7:22pmRenowned theater personality Jennifer Jones to teach drama at The Pine School
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)
Photographer Kevin Boldenow will visit on March 17, world-renowned sculptor Betty Gold will be on campus on April 23, and Highwayman painter Al Black is ...
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9 Mar 2010 at 4:26pm
Reminiscing about the history of gospel music on the Treasure Coast
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)
Pastor Mary Ann Carroll, the only female Highwayman painter, was Mistress of Ceremony. During the days that she spent painting and traveling the state ...
6 Mar 2010 at 4:35pm
Times LIVE
How not to bore the kids
Times LIVE
People holidayed in Provence when pigs were still living on the ground floor of Tuscan farmhouses, when Andalusia was an outer darkness of highwaymen and ...
5 Mar 2010 at 8:33pm
EXTRA: The journey of the Florida Highwaymen
10 Connects
Originally the Highwaymen sold their paintings for as little as $15, but today some are worth thousands. It's estimated the group may have sold as many as ...
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2 Mar 2010 at 9:05am
