HIGHWAYMEN ART SPECIALISTS INC.
VERO BEACH, FLORIDA

Who we are & what we do Today we are very involved in all things Highwaymen, from shows we attend to curating Highwaymen museum exhibitions. We were the buyers of the first Highwaymen painting to exceed $10,000. The painting that set this record was purchased from a friend’s grandmother who purchased it at a Vero Beach yard sale fifty years ago for $10. Highwaymen Art Specialists recognizes the importance of what the Highwaymen accomplished. There story is the American success story, starting something from nothing, capturing Florida in a special era of time and creating something they weren’t expected to, artwork. Who we are & what we do Today we are very involved in all things Highwaymen, from shows we attend to curating Highwaymen museum exhibitions. We were the buyers of the first Highwaymen painting to exceed $10,000. The painting that set this record was purchased from a friend’s grandmother who purchased it at a Vero Beach yard sale fifty years ago for $10. Highwaymen Art Specialists recognizes the importance of what the Highwaymen accomplished. There story is the American success story, starting something from nothing, capturing Florida in a special era of time and creating something they weren’t expected to, artwork. In the late 1950’s along the central East coast of Florida a small group of African American artists started a business venture that wasn’t suppose to happen, they painted. The jobs available at the time for these artists was most likely in the orange groves picking fruit or other low paying minimum wage employment. This was the Jim Crow era in the south. Twenty six artists that were loosely associated and centered in the Vero Beach Ft. Pierce area eventually made up the group. They traveled the roads selling their artwork to business owners, real estate brokers, lawyer’s offices, banks and others along the way. In the mid 1990’s these artists were given the name The Highwaymen, because of their sales method. At Highwaymen Art Specialists Inc. we believe in total client service. We can not only assist you in the purchase of Highwaymen art along with other pieces of art, but we are also able to help you accurately validate and authenticate any pieces that you may already own.