Steven dohanos biography

American artist and illustrator (–)

Stevan Dohanos (May 18, – July 4, ) was an American 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 IIpropaganda posters.^[1] He named Grant Wood and Edward Hopper as the greatest influences on his painting.

Stevan Dohanos - Illustration History

Life

Dohanos was born in Lorain, Ohio and attended the Cleveland School of Art. He worked in fine art as well as in commercial art. In the s he briefly experimented with lithography and wood etching.^[2] He was a member of the National Society of Mural Painters and the Society of Illustrators.

He was a founding faculty member of the Famous Artists School of Westport, Connecticut.

Dohanos worked for the Section of Painting and Sculpture of the U.S. Treasury Department, painting several post office murals, including those for West Palm Beach and Charlotte Amalie.^{[3]& Stevan Dohanos - National Museum of American Illustration KIMOB}