In 1968, on the way to New Smyrna Beach from Winter Park, Florida, my parents stopped on Hwy 415 to look at paintings a man was displaying on the roadside. They bought 4 pieces from him – this is one of them in its original frame… And this is his story. Nicknamed Freddie, was born May 20, 1941, in Fort Pierce, Florida, and was killed at the age of twenty-nine in a barroom brawl in 1970. Accounts of what happened the night he died varied from the start. Some said he was involved in a love triangle; other accounts said he was hit accidentally by a bullet meant for someone else. The Fort Pierce News Tribune story of the event, which took place at a popular hangout called Eddies Place (also known as Eddies Drive Inn), stated that Julius Funderberk hit a man named Castro Roberts, then hit Hair. Hair reportedly ran out of thebuilding, police said, and Funderberk chased him into the street and shot him. Hair apparently died of two gunshot wounds. When word got out that Hair had been shot, it is said that hundreds of people gathered at Fort Pierce Memorial Hospital. Funderberk was convicted of second degree murder for the crime. The true organizer among the painters, Hair was the only one of the group who actually took lessons from Backus. He selected the materials commonly identified with the Highwaymenthe Upson board used as canvas and the crown molding that was used for framesalong with the idea of fast painting. With his wife, Doretha, Hair had four children: Alfred Hair Jr. Sherry Jones, Roderick Hair, and Lisa Polletti. Another son, Kelvin, is also an artist and possesses the same talent, charm, and charisma for which his father was known. Florida’s exotic beauty has been an inspiration to artists throughout the state’s history, but perhaps the most intriguing of those to record it are the painters now known as the. While blacks in other parts of the state were demanding their civil rights, these entrepreneurial artists were painting images of palm trees and blazing sunsets on cheap building board in makeshift studios set up in their backyards, then loading them up in the trunks of their cars and driving around looking for buyers and financial freedom. DIMENSIONS: Canvas 24″ x 18″ Frame 28″ x 22″. The item “ORIGINAL FLA. HIGHWAYMAN signed Alfred Hair Oil on Canvas BACKWATER LANDSCAPE” is in sale since Tuesday, August 28, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “gnoice” and is located in Honolulu, Hawaii. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Medium: Oil
• Subject: Landscape
• Style: Americana
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Region of Origin: US
• Painting Surface: Canvas
• Features: Signed
• Width (Inches): 24
• Date of Creation: 1950-1969
• Height (Inches): 18
• Originality: Original
• Artist: Alfred Hair
• Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work
• Size: Medium (up to 36in.)