{"product_id":"the-highwaymen-floridas-africanamerican-landscape-painters","title":"The Highwaymen: Florida'S Africanamerican Landscape Painters","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor The First Time, The Real Story Behind The Highwaymen Has Emerged . . . A Wellresearched, Lively, And Comprehensive Overview Of The Development And Contribution Of These Africanamerican Artists And Their Place In The History Of Floridas Popular Culture.Mallory Mccane Oconnor, Author Of Lost Cities Of The Ancient Southeastthe Highwaymen Introduces A Group Of Young Black Artists Who Painted Their Way Out Of The Despair Awaiting Them In Citrus Groves And Packing Houses Of 1950S Florida. As Their Story Recaptures The Imagination Of Floridians And Their Paintings Fetch Everescalating Prices, The Legacy Of Their Freshly Conceived Landscapes Exerts A New And Powerful Influence On The Popular Conception Of The Sunshine State.While The Value Of Highwaymen Paintings Has Soared In Recent Years, Until Now No Authoritative Account Of The Lives And Work Of These Black Florida Artists Has Existed. Emerging In The Late 1950S, The Highwaymen Created Idyllic, Quickly Realized Images Of The Florida Dream And Peddled, By Some Estimates, 200,000 Of Them From The Trunks Of Their Cars.Working With Inexpensive Materials, The Highwaymen Produced An Astonishing Number Of Landscapes That Depict A Romanticized Floridaa Faraway Place Of Windswept Palm Trees, Billowing Cumulus Clouds, Wetlands, Lakes, Rivers, Ocean, And Setting Sun. With Paintings Still Wet, They Loaded Their Cars And Traveled The State'S East Coast, Selling The Images Doortodoor And Storetostore, In Restaurants, Offices, Courthouses, And Bank Lobbies.Sometimes Characterized As Motel Art, The Work Is A Hybrid Form Of Landscape Painting, Corrupting The Classically Influenced Ideals Of The Highwaymens White Mentor, A. E. Bean Backus. At First, The Paintings Sold Like Boomtime Real Estate. In Succeeding Decades, However, They Were Consigned To Attics And Garage Sales. Rediscovered In The Mid1990S, Today They Are Recognized As The Work Of American Folk Artists.Gary Monroe Tells The Story Behind The Highwaymen, A Loose Association Of 25 Men And 1 Woman From The Ft. Pierce Areaa Fascinating Mixture Of Individual Talent, Collective Enterprise, And Cultural Heritage. He Also Offers A Critical Look At The Paintings And The Movement'S Development. Added To This Are Personal Reminiscences By Some Of The Artists, Along With A Gallery Of 63 Fullcolor Reproductions Of Their Paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press Of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47087700639989,"sku":"SONG0813022819","price":23.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/91H_Aoa7HL.jpg?v=1759388017","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-highwaymen-floridas-africanamerican-landscape-painters","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}