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1941 - 2004. Known for: Idyllic landscape and skyscape painting.
An African-Amercan landscape and skyscape painter that as a young man in the 1950s was one of the original members of a Florida group called The HIghwaymen, Livingston Roberts along with the other... Read full biography
An African-Amercan landscape and skyscape painter that as a young man in the 1950s was one of the original members of a Florida group called The HIghwaymen, Livingston Roberts along with the other "Highwaymen" tried to paint his way out of the despair he felt holding jobs in places such as citrus... Read full biography
An African-Amercan landscape and skyscape painter that as a young man in the 1950s was one of the original members of a Florida group called The HIghwaymen, Livingston Roberts along with the other "Highwaymen" tried to paint his way out of the despair he felt holding jobs in places such as citrus groves and packing houses. Original members were James Gibson, Alfred Hair, Harold Newton and Livingston Roberts. The only female member was MaryAnn Carroll. Their major influence was Albert Backus, a... Read full biography
An African-Amercan landscape and skyscape painter that as a young man in the 1950s was one of the original members of a Florida group called The HIghwaymen, Livingston Roberts along with the other "Highwaymen" tried to paint his way out of the despair he felt holding jobs in places such as citrus groves and packing houses. Original members were James Gibson, Alfred Hair, Harold Newton and Livingston Roberts. The only female member was MaryAnn Carroll. Their major influence was Albert Backus, 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... Read full biography
An African-Amercan landscape and skyscape painter that as a young man in the 1950s was one of the original members of a Florida group called The HIghwaymen, Livingston Roberts along with the other "Highwaymen" tried to paint his way out of the despair he felt holding jobs in places such as citrus groves and packing houses. Original members were James Gibson, Alfred Hair, Harold Newton and Livingston Roberts. The only female member was MaryAnn Carroll. Their major influence was Albert Backus, 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
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Keywords (10)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Art Movement
- •Original Highwayman Artist, Florida