Art

Dynamism of a Car (1913) by futurist Luigi Russolo. Futurists often focused on modern machinery like trains and automobiles in their paintings to demonstrate speed.

The Anxious Journey (1913) by Giorgio de Chirico. Locomotives were commonly evoked by many artists as metaphor for modernity and its relentless pace forward.

The Fanciful Planes (Les Avions Fantaisistes, 1911) by André Devambez

My Eyes in the Time of Apparition (1913) by outsider artist August Natterer

Cropped cover of Le Rire magazine (1894) by Félix Vallotton. Titled “Today’s Blues.”

Cover of Le Cri de Paris (1898) by Félix Vallotton. Titled “The Age of Paper,” it illustrates the strong public interest in the scandalous Dreyfus Affair in France.