Alfred Hair Paintings Value

Unlike bean who sold paintings mostly on commission and charged several hundred dollars alfred painted twenty to thirty maybe forty landscapes a day and sold them for 25 or 35 each depending on size.

Alfred hair paintings value.

Hair painted almost exclusively on upson board using broad brush strokes and painting from the shoulder. Florida wetlands landscape with a large central cypress tree and hanging spanish moss abundant background flora and a placid lakescape to foreground all in alternating earth tones. Email alerts for new artworks on sale. Alfred hair painted for the money his goal was to become a millionaire by the time he was 35.

He was the founder of the highwaymen art movement employing a team of people to produce and distribute his art. Artist alfred hair was born in 1941 and had a short but prestigious artistic career. There are four standard sizes for the paintings. Alfred hair s signature as a specialist in hair s work i find the different signatures fascinating.

Led by hair the group of african american men and women known as the highwaymen produced perhaps 50 000 to 200 000 oil paintings from the late 1950s to the 1980s. Most of alfred hair s paintings for sale were fast paint creations a method that used multiple artists to complete a painting in an assembly line. Alfred hair paintings were crafted quickly and motivated by hair s drive for money which helped him formulate his unique style. 12 24 18 24 24 36 and 24 48.

Alfred hair 1941 1970 is an artist born in 1941 the oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting sold in 2001 at burchard and the most recent auction result is a painting sold in 2020. In his mind a painting wasn t finished until it was sold. Because this particular piece was on ebay and because the seller wasn t familiar with the differences it was originally listed as painted on upson board. We have a great online selection at the lowest prices with fast free shipping on many items.

Original oil painting on upson board. Yet when someone calls or emails me wondering if i m interested in buying their alfred hair painting and i tell them it s a 1500 00 painting they tell me but i see on ebay these are going for 9 000 00.