Stevan Dohanos
American Artist & Illustrator (1907-1994)
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Umbrella
Umbrella
Signed by artist
c. 1943
Framed: 27 x 33 inches
Inside Frame: 22 x 27 inches
Edition: 95/125
No Passing
No Passing
Signed by artist
c. 1954
Dimensions: 16 x 20 1/2 inches
Unframed
About the Artist
About the Artist
Along with J C Leyendecker and Norman Rockwell, Dohanos is best remembered as on of the Saturday Evening Post's most prolific and popular cover artists (over 100 covers) as well as much story work for the Post. Murals for numerous Federal Buildings from West Virginia to the Virgin Islands. WWII posters. Postage stamp designs (served on Citizen's Advisory Committee for USPS), Christmas Seal art (he, himself, was afllicted with TB twice). Movie art (White Christmas). Other slick projects included Esquire, Medical Times (many covers). Ads for Caterpillar, Four Roses Whiskey, Maxwell House, Pan Am, Cannon Towels, Olin Industries, John Hancock, etc.
Stevan Dohanos (May 18, 1907, Lorain, Ohio July 2, 1994) was an artist and illustrator of the social realism school, best known for his Saturday Evening Post covers, and responsible for several of the Don't Talk set of World War II propaganda posters. He named Grant Wood and Edward Hopper as the greatest influences on his painting.
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