Stevan Dohanos (1907-1994) and Melbourne Brindle (after)
At the Convention
Pharmacy Still Life
American Medical Association Annual Meeting
Medical Memorabilia
Anatomy Class
American: c. 1960
Color-process artists proofs
11.5 x 11.5 inches, average approximate size
Provenance: Estate of Stevan Dohanos
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Original Cover Art for the Medical Times
Stevan Dohanos and Melbourne Brindle, c. 1960
Stevan Dohanos and Melbourne Brindle, c. 1960
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Group of cover illustrations by Stevan Dohanos and Melbourne Brindle for Medical Times magazine, including two collage still life compositions of pharmacy and medical apparatus, as well as illustrations of a medical lecture and a medical convention.
Dohanos is a famous American illustrator, in the tradition of Norman Rockwell. He is well known for the extensive series of Saturday Evening Post covers he painted during the 1940s and 50s, showing various ordinary aspects of American life. Much of his work highlights the prosperity and move to the suburbs of the post World War II expansion.
Born and raised in a steel mill town in Ohio, Dohanos found beauty in the ordinary things and events of everyday life. He delighted in depicting scenes of Americana: Main Street USA, farm life, fire houses, state fairs, vacationers, boys and girls at play, church Sundays and of course, baseball. Dohanos seldom used professional models so as not to detract from the realism of his work. Paying great attention to historical accuracy, Dohanos painted not only as he saw his subjects, but as he felt about them. His paintings and prints can be found in various museums including the Whitney Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Art.