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1950 Tifton, Georgia - 2014. Known for: Florida highwaymen landscape painting.
Following is the AskART Glossary definition of Highwaymen, which included Lemuel Newton. A group of young African-American landscape and skyscape painters, these artists painted their way out of the... Read full biography
Following is the AskART Glossary definition of Highwaymen, which included Lemuel Newton. A group of young African-American landscape and skyscape painters, these artists painted their way out of the despair awaiting them as workers in Florida citrus groves and packing houses of the 1950s. Original... Read full biography
Following is the AskART Glossary definition of Highwaymen, which included Lemuel Newton. A group of young African-American landscape and skyscape painters, these artists painted their way out of the despair awaiting them as workers in Florida citrus groves and packing houses of the 1950s. Original members were James Gibson, Alfred Hair, Harold Newton and Livingston Roberts. The only female member was Mary Ann Carroll. Their major influence was Albert Backus (1906-1991), a white man often... Read full biography
Following is the AskART Glossary definition of Highwaymen, which included Lemuel Newton. A group of young African-American landscape and skyscape painters, these artists painted their way out of the despair awaiting them as workers in Florida citrus groves and packing houses of the 1950s. Original members were James Gibson, Alfred Hair, Harold Newton and Livingston Roberts. The only female member was Mary Ann Carroll. Their major influence was Albert Backus (1906-1991), a white man often referred to as the Dean of Florida painters who had a fanciful formula involving huge cumulus clouds billowing over the ocean. The Highwaymen created hybrid versions of his style, and their work is sometimes characterized as motel art. Typically they... Read full biography
Following is the AskART Glossary definition of Highwaymen, which included Lemuel Newton. A group of young African-American landscape and skyscape painters, these artists painted their way out of the despair awaiting them as workers in Florida citrus groves and packing houses of the 1950s. Original members were James Gibson, Alfred Hair, Harold Newton and Livingston Roberts. The only female member was Mary Ann Carroll. Their major influence was Albert Backus (1906-1991), a white man often referred to as the Dean of Florida painters who had a fanciful formula involving huge cumulus clouds billowing over the ocean. The Highwaymen created hybrid versions of his style, and their work is sometimes characterized as motel art. Typically they painted on inexpensive materials such as Upson board, a roofer's material, and they sold their work out of the trunks... Read full biography
Lemuel Newton - Artist Info
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Keywords (8)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Impressionism, Impressionist
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Outsider Art
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Art Movement
- •Original Highwayman Artist, Florida