Florida Highwaymen collectors

The market for art young robbers came in the last ten years. Art, which once sold for $ 25.00 or purchased in a flea market for a few dollars now to recover up to several thousand dollars. Highwaymen art collecting is both a rewarding and exciting field. This type of art is sufficient, so new collectors can still do good business, not yet old enough to where the artists have established reputations.

The artists were banned a group of blacks in Floridalandscape painter from Ft Pierce area, their paintings in 1950, although he sold the 1980. His paintings are designed for tourists, people on holiday as well as new businesses and homeowners. They painted colorful tropical scenes, the landscape depicted pristine beaches and Florida.

The beginnings of the movement began as a painter also known Florida artist AE "Bean" Backus, now the dean of Florida as being situated, was a meeting1954 Harold Newton. Harold Backus inspired to paint scenes of Florida landscape scenes instead of a religious theme that Harold was present. Harold Newton had artistic talent was natural and easy to change this situation, his art, to capture the tropical landscape. Harold brought his younger brother, Sam Newton, as was created in its style and color that some of the best quality art bandits. Since Harold has found no presentation gallery, decided to sell his paintings in aDoor to door on. Harold loaded his vehicle with new pictures and driven up and down the coast of Florida. Sell many pictures directly from the trunk of his car. Often they are only several companies, shops and banks and make sales that way to go.

met during 1955, a year after Harold Newton AE Backus, Alfred hair began to receive formal art lessons from Backus. Alfred learned some basic techniques of oil paintings by Backus. Alfred continued his lessons withBackus for about two years. From that moment the door Harold had already found success with his method of marketing selling paintings door to travel up and down Florida's major highways limited. Although Alfred did not paint the hair the extraordinary quality of AE Backus, Harold Newton or Aspire, saw a way to make money. Alfred took what he learned from Bean Backus, combined with a way to sell art created by Harold and his mass-produced oil paintings of Florida. Alfredwas not to make the search for great art, he went to fast money by rapidly expanding tourism market to do. Alfred had a vision and enlisted the help of some friends to make the Highwaymen paintings. They built crown molding frames and marketed the finished artwork. Some of its authors, including the famous painter.

Jim Fitch coined the name "Highwaymen" during a 1995 article he wrote about this group of 26 painters. The name fits perfectly, but the number of paintersis not carved in stone. Some people claim to have been part of this group from the start, others say it was less than 26 painters and at least one artist will not connect. Florida today, many other Highwaymen artists painting style and his art is also a Collectors new market. One thing is clear, if it were not for AE Backus, there would be no style Highwaymen Highwaymen art or to be. Now that you know how the Highwaymen art movement, started the best wayThe collection is the best picture you can make the artists a good reputation for the quality of work must buy. Studying their work and see what aspects of it that you like. Ask yourself - whether you like work or a spatula? ... Ask the seller what is the status of the card? ... Or is scratched, chipped or warped? Select the artist (s) whose work has developed a solid, consistent. Do not just buy a painting bandit bandits because the name, buy on the basis of forcepainting. A painting quality is an investment that will always retain its value and appreciate in the future.