This Week in Petroleum History, November 27 to December 3
November 27, 1940 – Art Museum features Painting of Mobilgas Station –
With petroleum company service stations already part of America’s popular culture, Edward Hopper’s painting “Gas” was first exhibited by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Art critics praised the work, suggesting the painting with the Pegasus sign anticipated the modern Pop Art movement by more than a decade. (more…)
