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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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James Gibson 1938-2017 Florida Highwaymen Painting: James Gibson (American; Florida, 1938-2017). Original oil painting on upson board. Florida seascape with central palm tree on beach coast with the crashing Atlantic waves in background. Signed lower
0071: James Gibson 1938-2017 Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Sam Newton (b1948) Florida Highwaymen Oil Painting: Sam Newton (American; Florida b. 1948) Original oil painting on board. Florida wetlands landscape, orange and pink clouds projected over a serene scene with central winding river, palm trees, and
0072: Sam Newton (b1948) Florida Highwaymen Oil PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Isaac Knight (b.1941) Florida Highwaymen Painting: Isaac Knight (American, Florida, b.1941). Original oil painting on upson board. Florida beach landscape, a central palm tree and flora to foreground with the setting sun over the Atlantic to
0073: Isaac Knight (b.1941) 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, ocean waves crashing into a windswept coast with palm trees and other flora under a blue and pink
0075: 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. Florida wetlands landscape, a central big cypress tree and other flora, and a serene inlet, the setting sun reflected on
0076: Willie Daniels b. 1950 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. Portrait of a lady in left profile. Signed lower right LIL JOHN, a cryptonym used by the artist. Maynor and his
0078: 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 oil painting on upson board. Florida beach landscape, two palm trees and other flora rising from a sandy slope, with crashing Atlantic Ocean
0079: Rodney Demps 1953-2020 Florida Highwaymen 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 canvas. Florida wetlands landscape, birds in flight and standing, cypress and palm trees and other flora, painted under a
0080: Willie Daniels b.1950 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, a central palm tree and other flora, encircled by Atlantic waves. Signed lower right R.
0081: Rodney Demps 1953-2020 Florida Highwaymen PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Florida Landscape & Eagle Oil Paintings GROUP OF 3: Various Florida artists. A group of three original oil paintings. One, painted on canvas and titled "THE ST LUCIE RIVER by artist Douglas E. Moore, a wetlands landscape with palm trees and other
0084: Florida Landscape & Eagle Oil Paintings GROUP OF 3Est. US$500-US$1,500
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RH Davis Jr. Florida Tribal Landscape Oil Painting: R.H. Davis Jr. (American, 20th Century). Original oil painting on canvas. An Everglades landscape with flora and a central Native American Indian figure in a canoe. Artist signed and dated 1982 lower
0085: RH Davis Jr. Florida Tribal Landscape Oil PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Joan Arnold Florida Indian River School Painting: Joan Arnold (American; Florida, 20th Century). Original oil painting on canvas. Florida landscape, cypress trees, mangroves, and other flora bordering an inlet with water birds standing and in
0086: Joan Arnold Florida Indian River School PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Otee Adams Florida Indian River School Painting: Otee Adams (American; Florida, 20th Century). Original oil painting on board. Florida landscape, painted in a colorful Impressionist style, with a central Royal Poinciana tree surrounded by abundant
0087: Otee Adams Florida Indian River School PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Horace Foster Florida Indian River School Painting: Horace Foster (American; Florida, 20th Century). Original oil painting on board. Florida wetlands landscape, palm and cypress trees bordering an inlet with lush flora under a clear blue sky. Signed
0088: Horace Foster Florida Indian River School PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Mark Stanford (b1959) Indian River School Painting: Mark Stanford (American; Florida, born 1959). Original oil painting on board. Indian River School, still life oil painting of Royal Poinciana flowers in bloom under a moonlit cobalt background sky.
0089: Mark Stanford (b1959) Indian River School PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Johnny Wright Florida Indian River School Painting: Johnny Wright (American; Florida, 20th Century). Original oil painting on board. Florida beach landscape, cypress trees, mangroves, and other flora bordering an inlet with birds in flight. Signed
0090: Johnny Wright Florida Indian River School PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Otee Adams Florida Indian River School Painting: Otee Adams (American; Florida, 20th Century). Original oil painting on board. Florida landscape, painted in a colorful Impressionist style, with abundant palm trees and other flora and grazing cattle
0091: Otee Adams Florida Indian River School PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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Norman Wright Florida Indian River School Painting: Norman Wright (American; Florida, born 1952). Original oil painting on board. Florida beach landscape, a blooming Royal Poinciana tree and other flora bordering a lake with birds in flight. Signed
0094: Norman Wright Florida Indian River School PaintingEst. US$500-US$1,500
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