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Livingston Roberts

Livingston Roberts (1941 - 2004) was active/lived in Florida.  Livingston Roberts is known for Idyllic landscape and skyscape painting.

An African-Amercan landscape and skyscape painter that as a young man in the 1950s was one of the original members of a Florida group called The HIghwaymen, Livingston Roberts along with the other "Highwaymen" tried to paint his way out of the despair he felt holding jobs in places such as citrus groves and packing houses.

Original members were James Gibson, Alfred Hair, Harold Newton and Livingston Roberts. The only female member was MaryAnn Carroll. Their major influence was Albert Backus, 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 co   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1401 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 10 similar (related) artists for Livingston Roberts available:    Mary Ann Carroll,  James Gibson,  Roy McLendon,  Johnny "Hook" Daniels,  Al (Blood) Black,  Sam Newton,  Alfred Hair,  Harold Newton,  Willie Daniels,  Chico (Charles) Wheeler