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Stevan Dohanos studied art in night school, like many other talents who could neither afford the time nor tuition at
a fulltime or better-known institution and then later at the Cleveland School of Arts. However, he was able to get a job
painting signs and lettering and learned more through hands-on work experience about color, scale, texture, composition
and other basics, than he did in art school. Later in his career, he did advertising commissions using still-life subjects
rather than lifestyle images, showing people employed in various poses. He completed an advertisement for Dunham’s
shoes and employing the techniques he acquired as a billboard artist in its preparation. Judging from these Saturday
Evening Post’s and the above text...it’s apparent that Stevan had a great appreciation for the Signpainting craft.


Stevan Dohanos studied art in night school, like many other talents who could neither afford the time nor tuition at a fulltime or better-known institution and then later at the Cleveland School of Arts. However, he was able to get a job painting signs and lettering and learned more through hands-on work experience about color, scale, texture, composition and other basics, than he did in art school. Later in his career, he did advertising commissions using still-life subjects rather than lifestyle images, showing people employed in various poses. He completed an advertisement for Dunham’s shoes and employing the techniques he acquired as a billboard artist in its preparation. Judging from these Saturday Evening Post’s and the above text...it’s apparent that Stevan had a great appreciation for the Signpainting craft.

	Stevan's illustration of the signpainters above (bottom right) had some press headlined with these words "An ex-signpainter does a billboard for a Post cover"during the early stages of it's design. (Image #1) you can see his original sketch and then below there Stevan stands atop a platform setting up for the photographing of the real thing, signpainters painting a billboard. In the text I found a quote from Stevan talking about the signpainters and his own background where he says "We had the common bond" (image #2). I think that those 5 words sum it all of for my feelings about Stevan and I guess that is why I am so interested in all of this. I have included here a picture of Dutch Mullett the man who taught me so much and Stevan, it could just be me but, I see some similarities there.

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