Alfred Hair

Alfred Warner Hair
Born(1941-05-20)May 20, 1941
Fort Pierce, Florida
DiedAugust 9, 1970(1970-08-09) (aged 29)
Fort Pierce, Florida
NationalityAmerican
MovementFlorida Highwaymen

Alfred Warner Hair (1941-1970), also Freddy Hair,[1] was an American painter from Fort Pierce, Florida who, along with Harold Newton, was instrumental in founding the Florida Highwaymen artist movement.[2][3] Hair was the leader of a loose-knit group of prolific African American painters who sold their vibrantly colorful landscapes from the trunks of cars along the eastern coastal roads of South Florida. In 2004, Hair was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.[4]

  1. ^ Kealing, Bob (2010). "Who is Freddy? A Florida Highwaymen Mystery Solved" (PDF). Antiques & Arts Around Florida.
  2. ^ Hurd, Gordon K. (2019). "Alfred Hair: A charismatic businessman who created a movement for Florida's black artists". New York Times.
  3. ^ "Alfred Hair | Florida Highwaymen Paintings". Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  4. ^ "Alfred Hair and the Florida Highwaymen". Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs. 2004. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2019.