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Homage to the Highwaymen

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The Florida Highwaymen are a group of African-American painters who, due to the nature of the times, were primarily self-taught. They simply (though not justly) did not have access to the means or method to attend the schools. Still, they painted, on materials they could afford. Made their own frames, and sold their paintings from their cars on the side of Florida's highways (pre-dates the Interstate system). Sometimes the paint would still be wet enough to receive an impression from the frame of the adjacent painting in the stack. The name of the 'school' did not come about until the 1990's, when they were 'discovered' by an art dealer.
Image size
821x1028px 198.91 KB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D70s
Shutter Speed
1/10 second
Aperture
F/11.0
Focal Length
70 mm
Date Taken
Aug 28, 2009, 1:14:46 PM
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