Florida Highwaymen Painting Issac Knight Signed Cardboard Framed

Description: Estate Palm Beach Florida close to Mar al largo Signed On cardboard Good condition Information Issac Knight (20th century) was active/lived in Florida. Issac Knight is known for Florida Highwaymen painting. Following is the AskART Glossary definition of Highwaymen, which included Issac Knight. A group of young African-American landscape and skyscape painters, these artists painted their way out of the despair awaiting them as workers in Florida citrus groves and packing houses of the 1950s. Original members were James Gibson, Alfred Hair, Harold Newton and Livingston Roberts. The only female member was Mary Ann Carroll. Their major influence was Albert Backus (1906-1991), a white man often referred to as the Dean of Florida painters who had a fanciful formula involving huge cumulus clouds billowing over the ocean. The Highwaymen created hybrid versions of his style, and their work is sometimes characterized as motel art. Typically they painted on inexpensive materials such as Upson board, a roofer's material, and they sold their work out of the trunks of their cars. With paintings still wet, they loaded their vehicles and traveled the state's east

Price: 1072.65 USD

Location: North Palm Beach, Florida

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