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In 1955, 19-year-old African American artist Harold Newton was convinced by A. E. Backus, a prominent Florida landscape artist, to create paintings of landscapes rather than religious scenes. [7] Newton sold his landscapes from the trunk of his car because art galleries in South Florida refused to represent African Americans. [8]
The University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum is a contemporary art museum at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.It opened at its current location adjacent to the USF College of the Arts in 1989.
In 2001, the museum expanded, adding the Glackens wing to house a collection of over 500 works from American realist painter William Glackens.The 2,000-square-foot (190 m 2) exhibit [8] is the largest collection of his work in existence, and includes both his oldest known (Philadelphia Landscape, 1893) and last completed (White Rose and Other Flowers, 1937) paintings.
Includes the Esther B. O'Keeffe Art Gallery and the Mary Alice Fortin Children's Art Gallery South Florida Museum: Bradenton: Manatee Southwest Natural history Natural and cultural history of Florida's gulf coast, includes the Bishop Planetarium and Parker Manatee Aquarium South Florida Railway Museum: Deerfield Beach: Broward Southeast Railroad
In 1947, Butler moved to Okeechobee, Florida, [2] where he later became intimately familiar with the woods and waters of the Florida Everglades, and especially Lake Okeechobee, that feature prominently in his paintings. Robert Butler's goal in his paintings was to preserve the nature around him which was easily accessible due to his location.
Florida Artists Hall of Fame recognizes artists who have made significant contributions to art in Florida. It was established by the Florida Legislature in 1986. There is a Florida Artists Hall of Fame Wall on the Plaza Level in the rotunda of the Florida Capitol .
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