Harold Newton, "Untitled (Man Relaxing on a Beached Boat." Oil on board, 23 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches. ... The popularity of Highwaymen paintings waned in the 1980s. The garish pictures, ...

Willie Reagan was born in Lake Park, Florida, in 1939 and grew up in Gifford. As a paperboy, he would often pass by Harold Newton's house and see him painting, which inspired him to pursue art ...

Florida Highwaymen Alfred Hair and Harold Newton founded the group of Black artists in Fort Pierce and Gifford. They sold painting by the roadside.

Backus, an established white regional landscape artist, mentored the first two Highwaymen artists, Harold Newton and Alfred Hair. MORE: Artist Ray McLendon shares Florida Highwaymen art with ...

Harold Newton was one powerful dreamer. He loved to paint with oils on Upson boards. ... Harper curated a 1996 “Highwaymen” art show at the Tampa Museum of Art that boasted more paintings.

FORT PIERCE — Harold Newton did something that took guts. An African American artist from Georgia, Newton in 1955 walked through the front door of a well-known white artist’s home in Fort ...

Alfred Hair, Harold Newton, Al Black, James Gibson and Mary Ann Carroll were all part of the original Highwaymen. If you traveled by way of Florida's Route 1 in the '60s and '70s, you might have ...

Viewing an exhibition at Orlando Museum of Art is a little different these days. But any tinge of inconvenience you might feel about wearing a face mask will dissipate if you take a moment to refle… ...

FORT PIERCE — Harold Newton did something that took guts. An African American artist from Georgia, Newton in 1955 walked through the front door of a well-known white artist’s home in Fort ...

The Highwaymen: Segregation And Speed-Painting In The Sunshine State Today, their paintings hang in the White House. ... Harold Newton had figured it out. So had James Gibson.

Florida Highwaymen Alfred Hair and Harold Newton founded the group of Black artists in Fort Pierce and Gifford. They sold painting by the roadside.