Grant Antique’s Highwaymen Paintings for Sale

Nanette on October 17, 2022

Grant Antique’s has been the #1 seller of Florida Highwaymen paintings for over 30 years.

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For over 30 years we have been selling and buying Highwaymen art. Do you not see a Highwaymen painting you want below? Stop by our showroom to see our current inventory. If you have a painting in mind you want…. call us or stop in to discuss. We will help you find it.

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Alfred Hair Upson 60’s 24×48

In 1956, when Hair was 14 years old, he began taking painting lessons from Backus. After three years, Hair set out on his own to earn a living as an artist.

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Alfred Hair on Upson board from the 60’s 24 x 48 for sale.

Alfred Warner Hair, also Freddy Hair, was an American painter from Fort Pierce, Florida who, along with Harold Newton, was instrumental in founding the Florida Highwaymen artist movement. 

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For Sale Mary Ann Caroll 24 x 36 Upson board

Mary was one of the artists inducted as a group into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2011, Carroll was an honored guest at the annual First Lady’s Luncheon in Washington, D.C., where she presented one of her paintings to Michelle Obama.

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Roy McLendon is one of Florida artists known as the Highwaymen. The group was made up of young African-American artists in 1950s that painted native Florida landscapes. The Highwaymen often sold their paintings from the backs of their cars and trucks – hence, the name Highwaymen or some even door-to-door

Roy McLendon paintings have been shown in museums such as the Backus Museum, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, the Orlando Museum of Art and the Tampa Museum of Art.

You can usually identify Roy McLendon paintings by his signature; he used a palette knife to sign his paintings, he scratched “R. A. McLendon” into the wet paint. Roy’s early paintings were on upson board, but the his more recent are on stretched canvas.

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Roy McLendon 24 x 36

Roy McLendon paintings can be identified by his palette knife signature in the wet paint. Roy McLendon early paintings on upson board, but his recent paintings could be on stretched canvas.

Are you a collector of Highwaymen Art or would like to start a collection? Grant Antique Mall is here to assist you to find one that fits your needs either from our large collection hanging in our gallery or from our connections with other collectors or other galleries.

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The Florida Highwaymen were a group of African American artists who painted landscapes of Florida’s wetlands, beaches, and other natural scenes in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. The group was comprised of 26 artists, all self-taught, who sold their paintings out of the trunks of their cars along the highways of Florida.

The Florida Highwaymen were known for their bold use of color and their ability to capture the beauty and uniqueness of the state’s natural environment. Many of their paintings depicted the Everglades, palm trees, and tropical birds, as well as more urban scenes such as bridges and highways.

The Florida Highwaymen have achieved significant recognition and success in the art world, and their work is now considered an important part of Florida’s cultural heritage. Their paintings can be found in museums and galleries throughout the state, and have been exhibited at major art events such as Art Basel Miami Beach.

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More of Harold Newton’s paintings remain today than those of any of the other highwaymen. Newton is central to understanding the style of landscape painting that emerged from the Indian River area at mid-century, and Monroe creates an attractive, engaging, and informative account of this pivotal artist and his impact on the popular image of Florida. Publication of Harold Newton was made possible through the generous support and enduring vision of Anne Frasor and Scott Schlesinger. Order the book on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Harold-Newton-Highwayman-Gary-Monroe/dp/0813064112/ref=d_pd_sbs_sccl_2_1/144-0598010-9520104?pd_rd_w=tEnMH&content-

Alfred Warner Hair (1941-1970), also Freddy Hair, was an American painter from Fort Pierce, Florida who, along with Harold Newton, was instrumental in founding the Florida Highwaymen artist movement. Hair was the leader of a loose-knit group of prolific African American painters who sold their vibrantly colorful landscapes from the trunks of cars along the eastern coastal roads of South Florida. In 2004, Hair was inducted into Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Hair’s artistic talent had been noticed by his high school art teacher Zanobia Jefferson and she introduced him to the prominent Florida landscape artist, A. E. Backus.

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Backus had been encouraging several young African American artists, like Freddy Hair, and persuading them to paint landscapes rather than religious motifs. In 1956, when Hair was 14 years old, he began taking painting lessons from Backus. After three years, Hair set out on his own to earn a living as an artist. Because of Jim Crow era racism, art galleries in Florida would not represent African American artists, forcing Hair to find other methods of selling his artwork. Following the example of Backus’ former student Harold Newton, Hair peddled his landscape paintings door-to-door from the trunk of his car.

On 9 August 1970, Hair was shot to death during a barroom dispute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hair

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Purchase: Alfred Hair: Heart of the Highwaymen Hardcover – October 13, 2020 https://www.amazon.com/Alfred-Hair-Highwaymen-Gary-Monroe/dp/0813066700/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35OPJFRVU7KEK&keywords=alfred+hair+paintings&qid=1665423979&s=books&sprefix=alfred+hair+%2Cstripbooks%2C87&sr=1-1

James Hutchinson (born 1932) is a painter. He was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2011.

Career In the 1950s and 1960s, The Highwaymen, a group of African-American artists including Alfred Hair and Harold Newton, became close friends of Backus and Hutchinson. The Highwaymen emulated the art they saw in Backus’ studio and sold quick, stylized pieces on Highway US 1 and A1A. Although Backus and Hutchinson admired and supported the energy put into the Highwaymen’s work they kept to their own entrenched and studied styles.

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After many years in Hawaii, the Hutchinsons returned to their original home in Sewalls Point, Florida. Since their return, Hutchinson has been featured in several shows both private and public along the Treasure Coast, including showings at The Elliott Museum, Singer Island, Jupiter Island Town Hall, and many galleries in Miami and Palm Beach.

Hutchinson’s work is exhibited at many Florida museums and throughout the world, including at the Florida Governor’s Mansion, the Florida Capitol, Brighton Seminole Reservation, Miccosukee Reservation, Norwegian National Museum in Oslo, James Hutchinson Foundation of the Loewe Gallery at the University of Miami, and the Hawaii Preparatory Academy Art Gallery. He continues to live in Sewalls Point, Florida. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_F._Hutchinson

https://dos.myflorida.com/cultural/programs/florida-artists-hall-of-fame/james-f-hutchinson/

“Livingston “Castro” Roberts, A legend of the Road” is an icon on the Highwaymen Heritage Trail of Fort Pierce, Florida. Castro was born in Elkton, Florida, one of the earliest Highwaymen artists.
He moved to Fort Pierce to live with his family in 1957 where Livingston met Alfred Hair. They were good friends, until Alfred’s unfortunate death.

His friends called him Castro as with he resembled the country’s dictator of Cuba, Fidel Castro.

Castro was never the same after Alfred’s death. He moved to Buffalo, New York but the change of scenery helped him start to paint again. Much of his work at the time was sold in Canada.

In 1975, Castro moved back to Fort Pierce. He painted on the red carpet under the big Brazilian pepper tree in his backyard. Livingston Roberts died on January 17, 2004 from Lung Cancer. https://highwaymenajbrown.com/livingston-roberts/

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Samuel D. Newton (1948-)

Born in Tifton, Georgia on January 22, 1948, he is the brother of Harold Newton.

He moved to Florida in 1962 and attended Gifford High School, in Gifford, Florida, just north of Vero Beach.  It was there that he began his painting career with his brother.

Sam Newton lives in Merritt Island, Florida.

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Sam Newton 12 x 24

Sam was one of three Newton brothers – including Harold and Lemuel – who are included in the group of painters now known as the Highwaymen.

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Sam Newton provided us with an exhibition of his skills and Grant Antiques Mall on July 20th. Although he qualifies and is listed as one of the 26 “Highwaymen” artists, Sam, himself, prefers to be referred to as a Florida landscape artist. This video gives a glimpse of his creativity on one of the two paintings he produced at Grant Antique Mall.

This painting is 24 x 30 on upson board. Sam Newton’s work has been sold at auctions with prices that ranged from $400 to $8,400 dependent on size and history. Since 2010 the record price for this artist at auction was $8,400 for PAINTING OCEAN A1A, sold at Manor Auctions in 2022.

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Mary Ann Carroll was the only woman among a group of 26 African American artists, now called the Florida Highwaymen, that painted and sold iconic landscapes of Florida. Most were from the Fort Pierce area.

Painting offered her a way to make money while she was rearing seven children. She was able to make a living loading her paintings into her 1964 Buick Electra and journeying throughout Florida to sell them.

Mary was one of the artists inducted as a group into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2011, Carroll was an honored guest at the annual First Lady’s Luncheon in Washington, D.C., where she presented one of her paintings to Michelle Obama.

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Nanette on October 15, 2022

The Florida Highwaymen were a group of African American artists who painted landscapes of Florida’s wetlands, beaches, and countryside in the 1950s and 1960s. Despite facing segregation and discrimination, these artists achieved commercial success by selling their paintings directly to tourists and collectors. The Highwaymen’s vibrant and atmospheric paintings, which were typically done in oil on canvas, captured the beauty and diversity of Florida’s natural landscapes and wildlife. Many of these paintings depict scenes of the Everglades, beaches, and sunset skies, as well as Florida’s unique flora and fauna. The Florida Highwaymen have been recognized for their contributions to the art world and their role in preserving the state’s natural beauty, and their paintings are now highly sought after by collectors.

How many Florida Highwaymen were there? There are 26 artists recognized as original Florida Highwaymen. Among the group was one woman, Mary Ann Carroll. Of these twenty six, nine are considered “original” (or the earliest) Highwaymen: Harold Newton, Alfred Hair, Roy McLendon, James Gibson, Livingston Roberts, Mary Ann Carroll, Sam Newton, Willie Daniels, and Al Black. Learn more : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highwaymen_(landscape_artists)

Florida Highwaymen

In the mid-1990s Jim Fitch, a Florida art historian, and Jeff Klinkenberg, of the St. Petersburg Times wrote several newspaper articles about the group whom Fitch dubbed “The Florida Highwaymen” for their business of selling art door-to-door along Florida’s Highway 1.[7][10] The attention created new interest for their idyllic landscapes of natural settings in Florida igniting sales of the paintings. This activity increased the value of the artwork and created further demand. All 26 Florida Highwaymen were inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2004.[11]

The Highwaymen is a moniker that Jim Fitch, a promoter who is fascinated by what he calls Florida’s Art Tradition, assigned to the group in 1994. He often came across Highwaymen paintings, in thrift stores, yard sales, and the like, and recognized that something special had happened. The newly bestowed name ruffled some feathers but folks seem to have accepted that it was the perfect choice to get the ball rolling. Their artwork was primal and raw depicting idyllic views of the Florida landscape, before rampant development would reconfigure the state’s topography forever. The Highwaymen saved money by painting on inexpensive Upson board and framed the works using white crown molding. On the weekends the artists would travel and sell their paintings to hotels, offices, businesses and individuals who appreciated the artwork for around $25 a piece.

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The Highwaymen were a group of African American artists who worked in Florida in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. These artists, who were self-taught and worked outside the traditional art world, created vibrant and colorful paintings of Florida’s landscapes and waterways. The Highwaymen’s work, which was originally dismissed by the art establishment, has since gained recognition and has become an important part of Florida’s cultural history. Today, Highwaymen art is collected and exhibited by art museums and galleries in Florida and beyond. If you are interested in purchasing Highwaymen art, you may be able to find it at art galleries, auction houses, and online marketplaces. It is also possible to visit the studios of some of the surviving Highwaymen artists, who continue to create and sell their work.