# Al Black artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/al-black/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T11:47:31.851Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Movements: Florida Highwaymen
- Common media: Painting

## About Al Black

Al Black, also identified as Albert Lee Black, was an American landscape painter associated with the Florida Highwaymen, a group of African American landscape artists. The collected biography describes him as an original member who initially sold paintings for other Highwaymen artists and then learned to paint from members of the group. Wikidata records a 1946 birth year and a death in 2025, although aggregated library-authority records give conflicting birth years. The available biography also reports that Black continued making art during a twelve-year prison term and that he entered the Florida Artists Hall of Fame with the Highwaymen in 2004. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name in connection with landscape paintings and public auction records attributed to Al Black. Because the collected authority records disagree about his birth year and institutional biographical coverage is limited, identity and attribution should be checked against signatures, provenance, photographs, and other reliable documentation for the individual work.

## Common works and media

Black is documented as a painter and landscape artist, making landscape paintings the clearest identity-supported work type. Appraisily's auction index also assigns matched lots to broad categories that include fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. These database categories require lot-level review and do not establish that every medium or object type was a regular part of Black's practice. For appraisal work, record the support, dimensions, signature or inscriptions, condition, provenance, subject, and any edition information before selecting comparables.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched public auction data should be treated as a comparable-sales starting point, not a standalone valuation. For an Al Black work, compare examples with similar medium, dimensions, date or career period, condition, restoration history, surface quality, signature or inscriptions, provenance, and attribution confidence. Exhibition or catalogue references, subject matter, rarity, edition details where relevant, and recent results for genuinely comparable works may also matter. The current page groups records into broad categories led by fine art and paintings, but those labels do not prove that every lot is correctly attributed or representative of Black's practice. Public feeds may omit private sales, and reported prices may use inconsistent fee treatment. Authentication and condition review can materially alter conclusions drawn from headline results.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118141606
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/14245669/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Black
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/al-black/