One of the few remaining Florida Highwaymen, Albert "Al" Black, died May 12 at the age of 77, according to the A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery. That leaves four of the original 26 artists who are still ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — From the 1950s to the 1980s, 26 self-taught Black artists -- including one woman -- painted vivid landscapes and seascapes depicting the scenery of old Florida. The artists became ...

The Polk Museum of Art will display close to 70 works from the Florida Highwaymen in an exhibition entitled “The Art of the Highwaymen: From the Woodsby Family Collection.” The exhibit highlights ...

The grit, talent, and vision of the Florida Highwaymen created an art form that is the essence of the American success story. With humble beginnings as a local art movement borne in the 1950s along ...

While the Florida Highwaymen got their start on the Treasure Coast, this group of artists are emblems of Black history in Florida. To honor their legacy, the Florida Highwaymen Foundation is taking ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: To celebrate Black History month, we will be reposting our series on African Americans who had a major impact on Florida. This story originally published in 2020. FORT PIERCE — Harold ...

Florida's Highwaymen artists have been recognized with numerous exhibitions in major museums, several books and a television documentary. Even with this widespread notoriety, amazing stories about ...

The Florida Highwaymen painters became known for quickly creating vivid scenes of wild Florida. The works, often still wet, were sold from the trunks of the artists’ cars along U.S. Highway 1 for as ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Their work has brightened canvases for decades, but only recently have Florida's famed Highwaymen artists received the recognition they deserve. WPTV reporter Jon Shainman recently ...

The color first strikes anyone looking at a Highwaymen painting. They appear painted with citrus fruit. Tangerine sunsets. Lime ocean swells. Mango skies. The Highwaymen worked in a Technicolor, ...