“Lawn Social” by Stevan Dohanos, an ad for Coca-Cola on the back cover of “The Saturday Evening Post,” July 20, 1946.
For this issue of the Post, as it turns out, Stevan Dohanos had artwork on both the back and front covers.
“His first ‘Post’ [front] cover, the March 7, 1942 issue, was a well-received wartime image of air raid searchlights from an artillery battery. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the artist’s workload for ‘The Post’ increased, garnering a contract for roughly a dozen covers a year.
“During World War II, Dohanos aided the war effort by painting recruitment posters and wall murals for federal buildings. He also designed stamps for the federal government, starting during the Roosevelt administration, and staying in the profession the rest of his life.
“As magazine covers turned toward photography and away from illustration, Dohanos quickly changed careers. He did film art for such classics as ‘White Christmas’ and was the chairman of the National Stamp Advisory Committee where he oversaw the art design for over 300 stamps. He held the position throughout the administrations of 7 presidents and 9 Postmaster Generals. His depictions include presidential portraits, the now collectible NATO commemorative stamps from 1959, and the 1967 John F. Kennedy commemorative stamp. . .” [From the Saturday Evening Post Archives]
“Lawn Social” by Stevan Dohanos, an ad for Coca-Cola on the back cover of “The Saturday Evening Post,” July 20, 1946.
For this issue of the Post, as it turns out, Stevan Dohanos had artwork on both the back and front covers.
“His first ‘Post’ [front] cover, the March 7, 1942 issue, was a well-received wartime image of air raid searchlights from an artillery battery. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the artist’s workload for ‘The Post’ increased, garnering a contract for roughly a dozen covers a year.
“During World War II, Dohanos aided the war effort by painting recruitment posters and wall murals for federal buildings. He also designed stamps for the federal government, starting during the Roosevelt administration, and staying in the profession the rest of his life.
“As magazine covers turned toward photography and away from illustration, Dohanos quickly changed careers. He did film art for such classics as ‘White Christmas’ and was the chairman of the National Stamp Advisory Committee where he oversaw the art design for over 300 stamps. He held the position throughout the administrations of 7 presidents and 9 Postmaster Generals. His depictions include presidential portraits, the now collectible NATO commemorative stamps from 1959, and the 1967 John F. Kennedy commemorative stamp. . .” [From the Saturday Evening Post Archives]