Stevan Dohanos
(1907 - 1994)
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.
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American Magazine (1940) Dohanos - 001A
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Dragoon (1947) Dohanos - 002A
NOTE: Unsure what this art was used for, but note the writing and doodle on the back.
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Saturday Eveing Post, ""Chains of Fear" (1958) Dohanos - 003
NOTE: Yes, that's a pre-Barney Fife Don Knotts!
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Saturday Evening Post (1947) Dohanos - 004
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Saturday Evening Post (1944) Dohanos - 005
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Saturday Evening Post (1946) Dohanos - 007
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Caterpillar Diesel, "Task Begun On Island X" (1943) Dohanos - 008
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Caterpillar Diesel, "The Second Wave" (1945) Dohanos - 009
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Caterpillar Diesel, "Crash Landing" (1944) Dohanos - 010
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Traveler's Insurance, "I'd Live It All Over Again" (1958) Dohanos - 011
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PanAm, "America's New Lifeline To Africa" (1941) Dohanos - 012
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Gruen, "The X-Ray Machine They Dropped From The Sky" (1944) Dohanos - 013
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Esquire, "Homecoming: New York Harbor, Christmas (1945) Dohanos - 014
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Gulfpride Oil, "Why Do They Paint Battleships?" (1941) Dohanos - 015
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Gulfpride Oil, "Warning: Air Also Rusts Motor Oil?" (1941) Dohanos - 016
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Magazine Publishers of America, "If They Win...Only Our Dead Our Free" (1943) Dohanos - 017
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Life Savers, "It's No Sale, Lady!" (1944) Dohanos - 018
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Old Mr. Boston Dry Gin (1941) Dohanos - 019
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