Harold Newton

Harold Newton (1934-1994) was an American landscape artist. He was a founding member of the Florida Highwaymen, a group of fellow African American landscape artists. Newton and the other Highwaymen were influenced by the work of Florida painter A.E. Backus. Newton depicted Florida’s coastlines and wetlands.^[1]

Newton was successful in a time of racial segregation and disenfranchisement. He died in 1994, a year after suffering a debilitating stroke. He was 59 years old.

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• Beaty, Bob, Florida's Highwaymen, Legendary Landscapes, Historical Society of Central Florida, 2005.
• Fitch, Jim, "The Highwaymen...Updated"
• LeBlanc, Bob, "The Original Highwayman's Self Portrait" 2008
• Monroe, Gary, Harold Newton: the Original Highwayman, University Press of Florida, 2007.
• The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters, University Press of Florida, 2001.
• Onajídé Shabaka, Highwaymen Alfred Hair and Harold Newton, Miami Art Exchange, 18 June, 2006
• LeBlanc, Bob, "Interpreting Harold Newton Prices" Aug. 2010