Cocktails La Guardia Airport 1940 Laszlo Matulay Illustration UK Henry Ford made cars affordable

Henry Ford made cars affordable to a large sector of the  American public by introducing the assembly line built Model T for the sum of $490

America was an ocean liner built in 1940 for the United States Lines and was designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs

It became a hotel again in 1994 with 178 rooms and after further redevelopment the Hotel New Yorker now has over 900 guest bedrooms

and he must have been the owner’s pet and a fixture in the restaurant

adapted by the artist for each individual property

Cocktails La Guardia Airport 1940 Laszlo Matulay Illustration UK Henry Ford made cars affordableLaszlo Matulay was a prolific designer, illustrator, fine art painter and educator right up until his death in 1999 at age 86. Despite Matulay's wide ranging career and position as one of New York's most sought after illustrators in the mid to late 20th century one of the most pivotal eras in graphic design history his name is relatively unknown today. Matulay was born in Vienna in 1912 to a Jewish mother and a Catholic father. He attended school at