ORLANDO, Fla. — From the 1950s to the 1980s, 26 self-taught Black artists -- including one woman -- painted vivid landscapes and seascapes depicting the scenery of old Florida. The artists became ...

One of the few remaining Florida Highwaymen, Albert "Al" Black, died May 12 at the age of 77, according to the A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery. That leaves four of the original 26 artists who are still ...

Florida Highwaymen Museum renovations are expected to begin in April, but keeping the Fort Pierce art gallery open relies in part on people buying a $33 specialty license plate that honors the Black ...

The grit, talent, and vision of the Florida Highwaymen created an art form that is the essence of the American success story. With humble beginnings as a local art movement borne in the 1950s along ...

A new exhibit called Florida Highwaymen: The Next Generation — The Legacy Continues shows what Florida’s history looked like and the picture it paints for the future The Florida Highwaymen are a group ...

If you traveled by way of Florida's Route 1 in the '60s and '70s, you might have encountered young African-American landscape artists selling oil paintings of an idealized, candy-colored, Kennedy-era ...

TODD CHRIS THANK YOU. TONIGHT ONE OF THE LAST LIVING FLORIDA HIGHWAYMEN AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS, A TREASURE COAST ICON WITH HIS PAINTBRUSH HAS PASSED AWAY. ANGELA ROZIER SHARES MORE ON HIS LEGACY AND ...

Decades ago, the Florida Highwaymen painted their way into Sunshine State art history with their talent, resourcefulness and creativity. While fewer than half the original Highwaymen artists are still ...

Robert Colescott was a brilliant painter before he went to Egypt in 1964. After visiting Egypt, he became an original. A flamethrower. The artist who now perhaps most deserves a complete reassessment ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — It’s a story out of Florida’s Treasure Coast that went unknown for decades, but 20 years ago it came to light along with the people behind the artwork. The Florida Highwaymen were ...