In 1907, the first gasoline-powered taxicabs with mechanical meters hit the streets of New York City.Now there are more than 10,000 taxis operating in the Big Apple.
Taxi!
In 1907, the first gasoline-powered taxicabs with mechanical meters hit the streets of New York City.Now there are more than 10,000 taxis operating in the Big Apple.
This painting by Philip Evergood depicts a bustling New York City street scene, complete with taxis!
Born in New York and educated in England, Evergood returned to New York City in 1923 and studied at the Art Students League. Some art historians describe Evergood as a Magic Realist because his work, while rooted in everyday life, includes elements of fantasy.
Can you find elements of fantasy in Dowager in a Wheelchair? Click on the image to get a larger version and look more closely!
Source: Virginia M. Mecklenburg. Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Museum of American Art, 1987).
Pictured: Philip Evergood, 1901–73, Dowager in a Wheelchair, 1952, oil on fiberboard, 47 7/8 x 36 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation.