The Highwaymen: Florida’s African-American Landscape Painters

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This volume introduces a group of young black artists who painted their way out of the despair of citrus grove packing houses. Their 1950s images of an idealized dreamlike Florida paradise form an ast… [more below]

  • Author: Monroe, Gary
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Page Count: 160
  • Publish Date: November 20 2001
  • ISBN10: 0813022819
  • Language: English
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This volume introduces a group of young black artists who painted their way out of the despair of citrus grove packing houses. Their 1950s images of an idealized dreamlike Florida paradise form an astonishing body of work that they sold door-to-door and out of their car trunks. 63 illustrations.

Author: Gary Monroe
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 11/20/2001
Pages: 160
Weight: 1.84lbs
Size: 8.32h x 9.96w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780813022819
Language: English

Author

Monroe, Gary

Binding

ISBN10

0813022819

ISBN13

9780813022819

Page Count

160

Published Date

November 20 2001

Language

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