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An example of work by Harold Newton
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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Biography from Firestone Fine Art - II:
| | Harold Newton was a black folk artist who painted in and around Melborne, Florida, 1955-1987. Newton was a member of the "HIghwaymen," a group of itinerent black artists painting in the treasure coast area of Florida. |
Biography from AskART:
| One of the Florida African-American painters known as the Highwaymen, Harold Newton and the others were landscapists with a fanciful, formula style that involved billowing cumulus clouds and the ocean. The group included Newton, James Gibson, and Alfred Hair, and were influenced by Albert E Backus, the "dean of Florida landscape Painting."
Typically they painted on upson board, a manufactured product used by roofers, and they framed their works with crown molding and sold the paintings from their car trunks.
Source:
Neal Auction Company |
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