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THE BACKUS MUSEUM’S ANNUAL “HIGHWAYMEN CELEBRATION WEEKEND”
November 17, 2023 - February 18, 2024
Free
The Backus Museum will present one of its favorite annual events, the Highwaymen Celebration Weekend February 16 through 18, 2024. The event, along with admission to the Museum will be free during regular hours. Visitors to the Museum can enjoy a range of special offerings outside and inside. The highlight of the weekend takes place on the Museum’s Outdoor Mural Plaza, where people seeking to start or build their personal collections of Highwaymen paintings will be able to browse an impressive selection offered for purchase by professional dealers, specializing in the vintage works of these artists. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the current state of the art market and to explore owning an original work of art for your home or office.
BROWSE AND PURCHASE VINTAGE HIGHWAYMEN PAINTINGS
The best part of the weekend celebration every year is the impressive selection of classic and vintage Highwaymen paintings offered for purchase by expert, professional dealers, specializing works by these celebrated artists. This part of the event takes place outdoors in the Museum’s Mural Plaza.
SEE THE SPECIAL EXHIBITION “FAST FORWARD: THE ORIGINAL FLORIDA HIGHWAYMEN ON THE WAY TO FAME 1954-2004”.
When a nineteen-year-old Harold Newton became inspired to paint the Florida landscape in 1954, his vision, courage, and accomplishments encouraged his friends and neighbors to take up paintbrushes and follow a new path as professional artists. Over time, dozens of individuals joined the venture and unintentionally founded a movement. After more than fifty years in becoming an overnight success, the 26 landscape artists now known as The Original Highwaymen were inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2004. This exhibition of rarely seen paintings, gathered from private collections, celebrates their first fifty years of fame and bold course forward to the hard-won triumph of statewide recognition.
GALLERY TALKS
The Museum will offer special gallery presentations on the Florida Highwaymen exhibition at 11:15 am & 2:15 pm Friday and Saturday; 1:15 pm & 3:00 pm on Sunday.