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The Highwaymen were mostly self-taught painters, who mentored each other. Excluded from the traditional world of art shows and galleries, the Highwaymen painted on inexpensive upson board or masonite and framed their paintings with crown molding (brushed with gold or silver paint to "antique" them).
Alfred Warner Hair was born 20 May 1941 in Fort Pierce, Florida, one of seven children of Samuel and Annie Mae Hair. [2] Hair graduated from Lincoln Park Academy in 1961, and attended one year at community college before dropping out to pursue his career as an artist.
Robert Scott Duncanson, Landscape with Rainbow c. 1859, Hudson River School, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.. This list of African-American visual artists is a list that includes dates of birth and death of historically recognized African-American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting ...
Dolph moved to New York City in 1864 where his works were annually exhibited in the National Academy of Design until 1900. [1] By the end of the 1860s decade, he had also become a prominent landscape painter. [2] From 1870 to 1873 he studied in Antwerp, Belgium, and took further studies in Paris from 1880 to 1882. Afterwards he specialised in ...
Robert Butler (September 25, 1943 – March 19, 2014) was a postwar and contemporary artist best known for his portrayals of the woods and backwaters around Florida's Everglades. He was a member of the well-known African-American artists group, The Highwaymen .
The Highwaymen are a group of 26 Black artists, including one woman, based in Fort Pierce who got their start in the mid-1950s painting various Florida landscapes to earn money instead of working ...
The Highwaymen began their artistic journey in the 1950s in Fort Pierce as a way to make a living outside of typical jobs held by African-Americans Al Black of 'Florida Highwaymen' fame to paint ...
Decades ago, the Florida Highwaymen painted their way into Sunshine State art history with their talent, resourcefulness and creativity. While fewer than half the original Highwaymen artists are ...