Stevan Dohanos

(American, 1907-1994)

Stevan Dohanos was born in Lorain, Ohio in 1907. He is best known for his Saturday Evening Post covers painted during the 1940’s and 1950’s. Most of his illustrations depict scenes of everyday post-war American life and are often compared to Norman Rockwell’s. In the 1960’s, Dohanos was selected to be the National Stamp Advisory Committees chairman and was responsible for selecting images for U.S. postage stamps. Dohanos died in Westport, Connecticut in 1994.

Studied

Cleveland School of Art

Member

Soc. Illustrators (pres., 1961-63); Am Watercolor Soc.; NSMP.

Exhibited

Philadelphia Watercolor Club, 1934 (medal); Cleveland Printmakers, 1934 (prize); AIC, 1934, 1937; Macbeth Gal., NYC, 1936 (1st solo); Art Directors Club (prize); New Britain Mus. of Am. Art, 1972; WMAA.

Work

WMAA; Cleveland Print Club; Avery Mem., Hartford, CT; New Britain Mus.; Dartmouth College. Commissions: WPA murals, US Post Office, West Palm Beach, FL; murals, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI, Forest Service Bldg., Elkins, WV.

Resources

WW73; Curtis, Curtis, and Lieberman, 37, 182; add’l info. courtesy Illustration House (NYC, essay #4); Community of Artists, 111; Who Was Who in American Art 400 Years of Artists in America, 932; askart.com.