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Stevan DohanosLighthouse Keeper, Brant Point1954
1954
About the Item
Signature: Signed Lower Left ‘Stevan Dohanos’
Medium: Mixed Media on Paperboard Laid Down on Masonite
The present work was published as the cover illustration of the June 26th, 1954 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
The Post described, “Here a Coast Guard man is adding to his duties the task of guarding coastal waters against getting too crowded with fish. This he does by casting a line into the briny and murmuring, “Come supper, come supper.” Painter Dohanos says he doesn't know whether the lighthouse keeper’s wife or another guardsman inhabits that kitchen, for he can’t see any farther into the window than you can. Visible evidence suggests a wife, who has imposed the classic wifely rule; if men catch fish, they can darn well clean them too, and outdoors, see? Dohanos suspects that in the kitchen a cranberry pie is being baked , for while studying a lighthouse he made the acquaintance of a cranberry bog. By the way, what do sea gulls think? Same as men. Let’s eat.” (The Saturday Evening Post, June 26, 1954, p. 3) Later responding to a letter from a curious reader about the location, the editors further explained, “Artist Dohanos had to travel around to assemble his picture. The lighthouse is at Brant Point, Nantucket; the house in the foreground came out of Dohanos’ imagination. The man cleaning the fsh is the keeper of the lighthouse at West Chop, Martha’s Vineyard.” (The Saturday Evening Post, October 30, 1954)
- Creator:Stevan Dohanos (1907-1995, American)
- Creation Year:1954
- Dimensions:Height: 35.625 in (90.49 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Fort Washington, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38435314921
Stevan Dohanos
Stevan Dohanos was born in the steel mill town of Lorain, Ohio, on May 18, 1907. Dohanos studied at the Cleveland School of the Arts. He is best known for the covers, more than 100, he painted for The Saturday Evening Post magazine during the 1940s and 1950s. His work appeared frequently on its covers. Most of his illustrations depicted common scenes of everyday post-war American life, such as a mobile home complete with pink flamingo, a gas station attendant inflating a child's toy or a souped-up motorcycle in the owner's driveway. His works are often compared to those of Norman Rockwell. Dohanos was influenced by The Eight namely Henri, Sloan, Glackens, Shinn, Prendergast, Davies, Lawson and Luks. During the 1960s, his designs were used on 25 postage stamps. From 1961–63, he served as a President of the Society of Illustrators and in 1971 was elected to the Society's Hall of Fame. He was a founder of the Famous Artists School in Westport. Dohanos died on July 2, 1994, in Westport, Connecticut.
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