A tribute to the artist, renowned as a mid-century New York art director and graphic designer and throughout Europe as a fine artist and lithographer, each of the essays speak to a different aspect of the artist's life and art. Included are an overview of his life and work by Dr. Hurst, a look at Balet's years as an award-winning graphic artist and art director in New York City by Professor Taber, and a piece on the artist as a children's book author and illustrator by Professor Kivi. The full-color, soft cover book also contains more than forty examples of Balet's watercolors, paintings, lithographs, and mid-century commercial art. Also included is a chronology of the artist's life and a bibliograph of his works. "I discovered new magnificent works of Jan [Balet]." Madeleine and Pierre Eltschinger, Estavayer le Lac, Switzerland "It made me remember several meeting with Jan, this wonderful friend and artist." Dr. Wolfgang Meighörner, Director Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria "Marie and Peter have given us a masterly tribute to Jan Balet, both exhaustively researched and lovingly rendered. They present the successful and provocative oeuvre of a unique artist without ignoring his very humanness as a man, parent, partner, and friend. I'm certain this treasury of Jan's work will engage and enthrall new cohorts of art lovers." Leslie Sittner, writer