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Article: Paintings of Florida in the Vickers collection. (art collectors Sam and Robbie Vickers)
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- November 1, 1995
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Florida entered the Union as the twenty-seventh state one hundred and fifty years ago this year. Some twenty-five years ago Sam and Robbie Vickers of Jacksonville began collecting paintings, drawings, and prints that depicted the history, life, and landscape of their native state. No one had attempted to do so before, and non has since.
Patiently and persistently, they have built a remarkable collection that fittingly hangs in their house overlooking the majestic Saint Johns River, which had an attraction for artists in Florida comparable to that of the Hudson River in New York. Like the Hudson, the Saint Johns River passes some of the most beautiful places in the ...