Transportation

A category of art dedicated exclusively to cars, boats, planes and other forms of transportation. From the first motorized vehicles to the exploration of space, artists have captured powerful symbols of human passion and aspiration through some of America’s great moments in aviation, automobile and nautical history. Their consummate skill communicates many aspects of power, including the movement and chaos of combat, the excitement of intense speed and the aesthetics of design. Through highly detailed renderings and visual panoramas, the thundering noise of a bomber formation, the raw smell of fuel or the gracefulness of watercraft has each been preserved as an epic marker in the progress of transportation innovation.