Stevan Dohanos (May 18, 1907 – July 4, 1994) was an American

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and

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of the social realism school, best known for his ''

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'' covers, and responsible for several of the ''Don't Talk'' set of World War II

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posters. He named

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and Edward Hopper as the greatest influences on his painting.

Life

Dohanos was born in

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and attended the Cleveland School of Art. He worked in fine art as well as in commercial art. In the 1930s he briefly experimented with lithography and wood etching. 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. WPA Dohanos CA PO USVI 1

His first magazine illustration was for '' McCall's'' in 1938. In the early 1940s, he moved to Westport, Connecticut, and in 1942 he sold his first cover painting to '' The Saturday Evening Post''. Dohanos went on to paint over 125 ''Post'' covers during the 1940s and 1950s. He also illustrated for ''

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'' and other magazines. In the 1960s he became chairman of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, which selected art to appear on United States postage stamps. He selected art for over 300 postage stamps during the administration of seven Presidents of the United States and nine Postmaster Generals. In 1984, the Postal Service's Hall of Stamps in Washington was dedicated in his honor. His easel paintings and prints have been displayed in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and Dartmouth College. He was nationally known as an illustrator and magazine cover artist, particularly for his work appearing in ''The Saturday Evening Post''. He was a member of the Dutch Treat Club in New York City

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The United States Air Force Art Collection - Brief biography of Stevan Dohanos
- URL retrieved November 8, 2005

- URL retrieved December 22, 2005 *
"Treasury Department Section of Painting and Sculpture"

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*Delaney, Arthur A "Social realism in WPA-era post office murals", ''Stamps'', ISSN 0038-9358, 02/1995, Volume 250, Issue 9, p. 8 *Park, Marlene, ''Democratic vistas : post offices and public art in the New Deal'' Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984. *Siboroski, Paul Michael ''The production of art under the treasury section of fine arts during the new deal: six murals in the West Palm Beach Post Office by Stevan Dohanos'', Federal Art Project, 1988

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* ttps://digital.library.unt.edu/search/?q=dohanos%2C+stevan&t=dc.creator Stevan Dohanos posters hosted by th
University of North Texas Libraries Digital CollectionsStevan Dohanos tear sheets in the Charles Craver Collection at the Modern Graphic History Library"Award for Careless Talk"
Stevan Dohanos Museum of Modern Art
The Pop History Dig: The U.S. Post Office
features several Saturday Everning Post covers by Dohanos
Society of Illustrators
Hall of Fame inductee Stevan Dohanos
StevanDohanos.com
Gallery of Original Art by Stevan Dohanos {{DEFAULTSORT:Dohanos, Stevan Social realist artists 20th-century American painters American male painters American poster artists People from Lorain, Ohio Artists from Cleveland People from Westport, Connecticut 1907 births 1994 deaths Date of death missing Painters from Ohio American muralists American engravers American wood engravers Section of Painting and Sculpture artists American magazine illustrators Cleveland School of Art alumni 20th-century American male artists 20th-century engravers

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