The Highwaymen : Florida's outsider artists /
Examines the work of the Highwaymen, a group of young, untrained African-American landscape painters that included Alfred Hair, Harold Newton and Bean Backus. They emerged from the small central Florida town of Fort Pierce in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The Highwaymen mainly painted...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. |
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Harrington Park, New Jersey :
Janson Media,
[2002]
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| Summary: | Examines the work of the Highwaymen, a group of young, untrained African-American landscape painters that included Alfred Hair, Harold Newton and Bean Backus. They emerged from the small central Florida town of Fort Pierce in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The Highwaymen mainly painted Florida back-country scenes, using bold strokes of dramatic colors. They were prevented by segregation from selling their paintings in traditional art galleries. So they sold their paintings out of the trunks of their cars, usually for around $35 a painting. They painted on wallboard. In 1995, the Highwaymen became recognized by the art world and their paintings sell for thousands of dollars. |
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| Item Description: | Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| ISBN: | 1568391064 |