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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Stevan Dohanos
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Stevan Dohanos

American draftsman, painter, and illustrator, 1907 - 1994
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Place of BirthLorain, Ohio
Place of DeathWestport, Connecticut, USA
The son of Hungarian immigrants, Stevan Dohanos grew up in a steel mill town and learned to draw in correspondence courses and night classes at the Cleveland Art School. During the 1930s he painted post office murals for the Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture. Dohanas began enjoying commercial success in the late 1930s. During the 1940s and 1950s he painted over 125 covers for "The Saturday Evening Post" and produced illustrations for other national magazines. Dohanos also designed 46 stamps for the Postal Service and selected art for over 300 others as design coordinator for the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee.