{"id":7423,"date":"2019-03-10T13:51:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T17:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hessfineart.com\/?p=7423"},"modified":"2022-06-29T14:52:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T18:52:44","slug":"the-highwaymen-a-uniquely-floridian-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hessfineart.com\/articles\/collectibles\/the-highwaymen-a-uniquely-floridian-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Highwaymen – A Uniquely Floridian Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Nothing excites people from various geographic regions more than finding a piece of art from their own area. In the case of the much-celebrated Highwaymen<\/a>, a loose-knit group of 26 African-American, largely self-taught itinerant Floridian artists who flourished between the 1950s and the 1980s, the paintings range from mundane to extraordinary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Iconic, Balmy 1960s Florida Scenes<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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There is an abundance of local and national interest in the paintings by this group. Two of the artists had formal training \u2014 most notably Alfred Hair, whose works sometimes fetch thousands of dollars. (As to other Highwaymen \u2014 later, less-polished works are only worth a couple hundred dollars.) The iconic, balmy 1960s Florida scenes of larger size captured the attention of tourists, who often purchased them from roadside stands or from the back of a car or van.\u00a0After these artists became popular, some of them cranked out smaller, more commercial paintings; these are not as valuable. Typically, valuation of these works is based on when they were painted, and their size, quality, condition and subject matter.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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$500-$10,000 \/ 1950s-1980s WORKS BY HAROLD NEWTON AND ALFRED HAIR<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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While prices of these paintings peaked around 2005 and have ebbed in value since then, we still enjoy a robust market in and for these works. We have sold hundreds of Highwaymen paintings in the last couple of years and continue to purchase them. Of even more interest to us are paintings by Alfred Hair\u2019s mentor and teacher,\u00a0Albert Backus<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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$500-$10,000 \/ 1950s-1980s WORKS BY ALBERT BACKUS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This is an archival article formerly written and is for informational purposes only. The valuations in this article have likely changed since it was first written.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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