FL HIGHWAYMEN Teacher, Pupils & Followers 2020-11-15 Auction - 103 Price Results - Hill Auction Gallery in FL - Page 3
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Sunrise, FL, United States
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FL HIGHWAYMEN Teacher, Pupils & Followers

Hill Auction Gallery invites you to a special curated sale honoring the founder and artists of the Indian River School of painting, and its important associated movement, The Florida Highwaymen. The Indian River School, founded by Florida born artist Albert Ernest "Beanie" Backus (1906-1990), produced vivid landscapes that capture the Sunshine State's natural beauty. Their work features open skies with prominent clouds, hibiscus and other tropical flora, capturing beaches and rivers, and the Everglades' spectacular vistas. Backus influenced other Mid 20th Century artists, some of whose works are also proudly featured in this auction. Among these are the historic Florida Highwaymen, a fraternity of African American artists who created and sold landscape paintings in Florida during the 1950s and 1960s. Unrepresented by traditional galleries during the Jim Crow era, the artists traveled highways and towns across Florida, selling their work from the trunks of cars and going door-to-door to homes and businesses. Highwayman artists including Alfred Hair, Harold and Sam Newton, Livingston Roberts, and James Gibson captured the natural beauty of Florida's beaches, wetlands, rivers and skies-scenes that today only exist on the canvas and Masonite board on which they were captured in oil paint, making these artworks a valuable part of both the natural and historical record. Inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2004, The Florida Highwaymen and their art capture an important bygone era of Florida's and America's history. We invite you to experience and enjoy their works and those of their fellow Florida artists.
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Alfred Hair 1941-1971 Florida Highwaymen Painting: Alfred Hair (American; Florida, 1941-1971). Original oil painting on upson board. Florida wetlands landscape, a large central dead wood log in central foreground flanked by two large cypress trees
0048: Alfred Hair 1941-1971 Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Sam Newton (b1948) Florida Highwaymen Oil Painting: Sam Newton (American; Florida, born 1948). Original oil painting on board. Florida landscape, a serene central winding river and a large cypress tree with profuse Spanish Moss and other flora.
0049: Sam Newton (b1948) Florida Highwaymen Oil PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Al Blood Black (b1947) Florida Highwaymen Painting: Al (Blood) Black (American; Florida, born 1947). Original oil painting on canvas panel. Florida wetlands landscape with water birds in flight, and a large central lake with cypress and palm trees,
0050: Al Blood Black (b1947) Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Rodney Demps 1953-2020 Florida Highwaymen Painting: Rodney Demps (American; Florida, 1953-2020). Original sofa size oil painting on board. Florida beach landscape with rain clouds on a stormy day, palm trees and additional flora in front of the
0052: Rodney Demps 1953-2020 Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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James Gibson 1938-2017 Florida Highwaymen Painting: James Gibson (American; Florida, 1938-2017). Original oil painting on upson board. Florida wetlands landscape with lushly depicted green cypress and palm trees, mangroves and other flora surrounding
0053: James Gibson 1938-2017 Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Roy McLendon (b.1932) Florida Highwaymen Painting: Roy McLendon(American;Florida,born1932).Original oil painting on upson board. Florida rural landscape, a flooded country road and water birds surrounded by cypress and palm trees, Spanish Moss,
0054: Roy McLendon (b.1932) Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Sam Newton (b1948) Florida Highwaymen Oil Painting: Sam Newton (American; Florida, born 1948). Original oil painting on board. Florida wetlands landscape, a colorful orange, lavender and fuchsia sunset projected over a scene of birds in flight and
0056: Sam Newton (b1948) Florida Highwaymen Oil PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Willie Daniels (b1950) Florida Highwaymen Painting: Willie Daniels (American; Florida, born 1950). Original oil painting on board. Florida wetlands landscape, with a languid central inlet, palm and cypress trees, Spanish Moss, mangroves and other
0058: Willie Daniels (b1950) Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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John Maynor 1948-2016 Florida Highwaymen Painting: John Maynor (American; Florida, 1948-2016). Original oil painting on upson board. Florida landscape scene of a wetland at night, under a purple sky with abundant trees and other flora, and water
0061: John Maynor 1948-2016 Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Rodney Demps 1953-2020 Florida Highwaymen Painting: Rodney Demps (American; Florida, 1953-2020). Original sofa size oil painting on board. Florida landscape scene with a blooming Royal Poinciana tree amid richly depicted green grounds under a cloudy
0063: Rodney Demps 1953-2020 Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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James Gibson 1938-2017 Florida Highwaymen Painting: James Gibson (American; Florida, 1938-2017). Original oil painting on waffle board. Florida beach landscape with central palm tree, lush green cypress and other flora, and a serene sandy background.
0064: James Gibson 1938-2017 Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Roy McLendon (b.1932) Florida Highwaymen Painting: Roy McLendon (American; Florida, born 1932). Original oil painting on upson board. Florida wetlands landscape, an orange fire sky at sunset over a central inlet surrounded by cypress and palm trees
0065: Roy McLendon (b.1932) Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Sam Newton (b1948) Florida Highwaymen Oil Painting: Sam Newton (American; Florida, born 1948). Original oil painting on board. Florida beach landscape, a serene lake under a blue and lavender sky, with palm trees and additional flora. Signed lower
0066: Sam Newton (b1948) Florida Highwaymen Oil PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Willie Daniels b. 1950 Florida Highwaymen Painting: Willie Daniels (American; Florida, born 1950). Original oil painting on board, titled "Moonlit Palm." Florida beach landscape at sunset, with palm trees and other flora surrounding a serene lake with
0067: Willie Daniels b. 1950 Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Sam Newton (b1948) Florida Highwaymen Oil Painting: Sam Newton (American; Florida, born 1948). Original oil painting on board. Florida landscape under a large blue and pink sky, a pair of water birds in flight over a serene winding inlet with water
0070: Sam Newton (b1948) Florida Highwaymen Oil PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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