Stevan Dohanos Paintings
American, 1907-1994
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.
(Biography provided by Stevens Fine Art)
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Artist:Stevan Dohanos
The Beating - Police and Man
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Miami, FL
Watercolor and gouache on paper laid on board
Magazine Illustration defined by bold graphic composition and limited color palate yielding a powerful image that jumps off the page. u...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Magazine Story Illustration
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board
Dimensions: 24.00" x 17.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Property from the Tip and Patricia Freeman Collection.
Category
Mid-20th Century Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Dog in front of Wooden House during Winter Sunset
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Miami, FL
Stevan Dohanos is famous for his covers on the Saturday Evening Post.
We do not know where or if this painting was published.
Most likely it was done on assignment for a major newsst...
Category
1940s American Modern Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Dancing Class, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1952
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1952
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 30.00" x 24.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Saturday Evening Post, May 10, 1952, cover
Category
1950s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
No Passing, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1954
Medium: Gouache on Paperboard
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Size: 26 1/8 x 20 in.
Saturday Evening Post, October 9, 1954, cover illustration.
Exhibite...
Category
1950s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Board
The Pause That Refreshes Medical Times cover, March, 1964
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in New Orleans, LA
Alongside J.C. Leyendecker and Norman Rockwell, Stevan Dohanos is remembered as one of the most beloved and prolific illustrators for the Saturday Evening Post. His gift for capturin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Friday Night or The Band, Maxwell Coffee Ad
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1949
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 30.00" x 30.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Advertisement for Maxwell House Coffee, "The Quartet, The Dog and The Hostess."
Category
1940s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Candlelit Dinner
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 16.00" x 20.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Story Illustration
Category
Mid-20th Century Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Home Improvement, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Tempera Painting
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, December 5, 1953
Category
1950s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Rained Out Birthday Party
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, May 22, 1954
Category
1950s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grocery Line, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1948
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1948
Medium: Gouache and Watercolor on Paperboard
Dimensions: 21.50" x 19.50"
Signature; Signed Lower Left
Saturday Evening Post Cover, November 13, 1948
Category
1940s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Laid Paper
Family Cooking
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right "Stevan Dohanos"
Framed dimensions are 27.00" x 31.00."
Interior scene with a family cooking.
Category
20th Century Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gouache
Shoo the Moos, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1950
Medium: Oil on Masonite
Dimensions: 25.75" x 20.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover illustration of the July 1st, 1950 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
Category
1950s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Protect Our Children
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left
depicts the Old Palace Theater in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Category
20th Century Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saturday Evening Post Cover, July 31, 1953
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1953
Medium: Oil on Masonite
Dimensions: 42.00" x 32.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, July 31, 1953
Category
1950s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Lighthouse Keeper, Brant Point
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
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...
Category
1950s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paper, Mixed Media, Board
The No-Cal
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Medical Times, vol. 89, no. 5, May 1961, pp. 7a, 192a, cover illustration.
According to the Medical Times, where the present work was featured on the c...
Category
1960s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Casein
Water Hunters ( Cowboys in the Old West )
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Miami, FL
Meticulously rendered account of three prospectors trying to rustle up some water before they can dig up some gold. Magazine Illustration of the Old West, American West, Cowboys Case...
Category
1950s American Realist Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Casein
Icing the Cake, Cover of The Saturday Evening Post
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache and Tempera on Masonite
Sight Size 14.50" x 11.25", Framed 20.50" x 17.25"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, June 16, 1945
Category
1940s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Tempera, Gouache
Water Hunters ( Cowboys in the Old West
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Miami, FL
Meticulously rendered account of three prospectors trying to rustle up some water before they can dig up some gold. Magazine Illustration of the Old West, American West, Cowboys
...
Category
1940s American Realist Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Casein
Stevan Dohanos Homage To Abraham Lincoln
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stevan Dohanos: 1907-1994. Very important American painter and illustrator. He has auction records over $167,000, but has sold for much more through galleries. This homage to unquest...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Valley of Ashes," Story Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
"Valley of Ashes" by William James Stevens Jr., and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos for the Saturday Evening Post, May 24, 1947.
Category
20th Century Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Splendid Outcast
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Medium: Gouache on Paperboard
The present work was published as the main illustration for a short story by Beryl Markham published in The Saturday Even...
Category
1940s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Board
The Collector, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1951
Medium: Acrylic on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Size: 15.00" x 12.25"
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Cover of The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, August 11, 19...
Category
1950s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
A Passenger Train
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1945
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 16.00" x 33.75"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Exhibitions: Exhibited at International Galleries Contemporary American Illustration, May 1...
Category
1940s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Freesoil Printery
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1947
Medium: Oil and Mixed Media on Masonite
Signature: Signed Upper Right
Size: 20.00" x 24.00"
"The Freesoil Printery," oil and mixed me...
Category
1940s American Modern Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Mixed Media, Oil
The Stamp Collector, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas with an Element of Collage
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Saturday Evening Post cover from February 1954
Category
1950s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Walking the Tightrope, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
This work was featured on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, June 11, 1949
The Post described the cover as follows: "Having ...
Category
1940s Stevan Dohanos Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Chocolate Easter Bunnies, Saturday Evening Post Cover
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Massachusetts Court House
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