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Highwaymen Artists - An Untold Truth (Paperback)
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Highwaymen Artists: An Untold Truth is the story of the Florida
Highwaymen artists from the perspective of Robert Butler. This book
focuses only on Robert Butler's Highwaymen years. Find his complete
autobiography in Timeless Echoes: The Life and Art of Robert
Butler. Highwaymen Artists is very unique in that it includes 43 of
the approximately 200 Robert Butler paintings that were lost in a
horrific fire in Lakeland, Florida, February 10, 2008. Regarding
this book, Robert said, "The late 1960s should have been the worst
time in United States history for African Americans to be peddling
primitive art on the streets of Florida But looking back at the
collectors of my paintings offers me the picture of an alternate
subliminal reality, a place of heart wherein the love of art
transcended the moment. "I am now enlightened, believing that true
artists are defined neither by ethnicity nor nationality, but by
their ability to articulate a meaningful perception of life.
Perhaps that is why my art is conspicuously absent of any narrative
of the human drama that characterized life during its creation.
"Tested amid that great caldron of American history, the
Highwaymen's passionate pursuit of the American dream reflects only
the best of what we are. That is what made painting the world of my
beloved Florida so special. "If it is true that each person's work
is a self portrait, the sketch of life that I have devoted to the
fabric of American culture is my picture painted in the hues of
passion for the place I love. To that end my story seeks to convey
not only my unique perspective on American life as an artist, but
also to articulate what it was like to experience a sensory world
where every valid equation of sight, sound, and color heightened
every nuance of an historical moment. "The story of my Highwaymen
years is not only an historical calendar of the events, people, and
places that shaped the artist I became, it also parallels the
quickening of America's pulse at the epicenter of an historical
time, the Civil Rights Era. For all Americans it was a time to
question the spiritual narrative of our dreams anew and to discover
the color of our passion amid the changing order of American life.
For me, it all unfolded along the highways of Florida beginning in
1968. "The thoughts, facts, and reflections found in this book
developed during the years herein characterized as my Highwaymen
years. Many are my personal eye witness account of events. Other
sources include historical research of American art prior to the
Civil War and discussions with fellow Highwaymen artists and
Highwaymen art collectors. James Fitch (author who coined the
name), Geoff Cook (major collector of Highwaymen art), and many
other personal owners of our art have also contributed."
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