Florida Highwaymen Art

From the early 1950s through the 1980s, a group of twenty-six African-American artists known as the “Florida Highwaymen” used vivid and bright colors to depict the beautiful, untouched Florida landscape. Fast-forward to today, the FL Highwaymen are in a permanent exhibit in the Smithsonian, displayed in the capitol buildings of Florida and D.C., featured in movies and documentaries, and owned by many politicians and celebrities.