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May 28, 2020 · THE DRAMATIC TRUE STORY of the Highwaymen, the Florida artists who made a living selling paintings from the trunks of their cars during segregation, is being made into a feature film. “The Highwaymen” is about a group of 26 African American artists, most of them self-taught, who turned out countless paintings of Florida’s lush, natural ...
Apr 22, 2024 · The South Carolina native has spent the last half-century spreading the gospel of the Florida Highwaymen—a collection of Black artists whose oil-based landscapes, seascapes and paintings of Old Florida were sold alongside Florida’s East coast highways in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.
Jun 24, 2020 · Todd Thompson is in the process of casting for the film that recognizes the black Florida artists of the 1950s and ’60s who sold their paintings on the side of the road.
Feb 15, 2018 · From the 1950s through the ’70s, the Highwaymen produced over 200,000 paintings of Florida’s diverse ecology—vivid scenes depicting fiery red sunsets over aquamarine bays or the scraggy, Spanish moss-covered banyan trees stretching over the state’s backwater regions.
Feb 8, 2021 · The new HBO Documentary Black Art: In the Absence of Light celebrates David Driskell’s landmark 1976 exhibit, and the myriad artists who have been influenced by it.
Apr 13, 2020 · “Living Color: The Art of the Highwaymen” presents 100 paintings made between the 1950s and 1980s. The expansive selection showcases choice works by the artists, depictions of Florida’s diverse ecology, scenes that have disappeared over the years, largely lost to development.
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Feb 8, 2021 · An HBO documentary explores two centuries of art by African-Americans, and the path they forged for contemporary Black artists.
