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 ...
COUNTY THIS WEEKEND, THERE WILL BE A UNIQUE DISPLAY OF ARTWORK FROM THE HIGHWAYMEN FOR A ONE DAY ONLY EXHIBITION. HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS YEAR’S ART SHOW. AND SALE IS FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE ...
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 ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In the early 1950s through the 1980s, a group of 26 African-American artists known as the "Florida Highwaymen" used vivid and bright colors to display the beautiful Florida landscape ...
TODAY, COVERING NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. ORIGINAL WORKS OF FLORIDA. HIGHWAYMEN. ART COMING TO PALM BEACH GARDENS SET TO BE DISPLAYED IN AN ART EXHIBIT. HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE CITY’S ...
If you traveled by way of Florida's Route 1 in the '60s and '70s, you might have encountered young African-American landscape artists selling oil paintings of an idealized, candy-colored, Kennedy-era ...
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 ...