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NMAAHC has 18 Highwaymen paintings in its collection. Through their resilience and creativity, the Highwaymen established successful careers on their own terms and their efforts are recognized today. Browse the Florida Highwaymen Collection
The Florida Highwaymen Artists began to paint in Fort Pierce, Florida, during the 1950s. The Highwaymen group of 26, all men and one woman, has come a long way, but only because they are now aged and gray. Over decades the group has accomplished a list of accolades in their journey.
Over the next eight decades, the Florida Highwaymen group may have created an incredible 250,000 paintings. For almost 40 years, the 26 artists (including one woman) toiled in relative obscurity before being discovered and named in 1995.
Feb 12, 2022 · A prodigious group of twenty-six African-American painters who plied their trade painting Florida’s landscapes, the Highwaymen discovered success in simplicity, finding a niche to call their own, producing more than 200,000 works, and achieving incredible widespread popularity in the process.
Aug 16, 2020 · ON VIEW THROUGH AUGUST 16th. The Highwaymen are a group of African American artists celebrated for their distinctive paintings of Florida’s natural environment. Working in and around the Fort Pierce area beginning in the 1950s, these self-taught artists depicted the state’s scenic coastline and wild backcountry, often in dazzling ...
by Gary Monroe. By painting fast the Highwaymen stripped away the artifice that had characterized conventional American landscape painting, reducing their renditions to the barest essentials. This resulted in fresh and distinctive imagery.
