The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters

It's not a coffee table book but it's still worthwhile for the price

I purchased this book for a friend who is interested in art by MCM Florida artists and she absolutely LOVES it! The printing is excellent quality - clear, detailed pictures and beautiful prose. I can't recommend this book highly enough.

Product was a gift and it came in great condition

A must see and read. Historic art!

This book tells quite a story that every artist, beginner or professional, should read. To avoid working in the citrus groves of 1950s Florida, a group of Black artists turn to painting stylistic, imaginative landscapes of the terrain surrounding them. From their trucks and cars, they sold their paintings to anyone who would buy them on the highways, door to door, stores, restaurants and wherever they could reach people. Lucky are those who bought and held on to these paintings. Today, those original 26 highwaymen would be rich but in reality, they barely scraped out a living. Most people dismissed their work as "Motel Art", but now, whoever has one of the original 100,000 would see a handsome profit and would possess a piece of Americana.The book will make you want to search attics for these colorful paintings.

Enjoyable history of the Highwaymen in a hard cover coffee table book. Totally worth the money. Wish there were more information on some of the lesser known artists.

The Highwaymen are a treasure! Their story is one that everyone should know. I especially liked Gary Monroe’s take in their history. These artists shoul be part of the curriculum in our high schools!