Florida Highwaymen Art started in 1950s with a group of talented but unknown African-American artists who were painting Florida landscapes out of Fort Pierce in Florida. The group was founded by the original Highwaymen Alfred Hair, who was at one time a student of the well-known Florida artist Albert Ernest “Beanie” Backus. Knowing that their [...]
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Florida Highwaymen Art
January 15th, 2010 
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November 2nd, 2009 admin Contemporary art is perhaps one of the purest art forms, some say it is what art is, and that all other art is mimicking or an abstraction from contemporary art. The art of any particular era or period is indeed unique all to its own. Often, you can note the place and time of a [...]