Happy 95th, Jan Balet! (German illustrator, "The Magic Fis..

I THINK he's alive, anyway......

Born in Bremen, he came to the U.S. in 1938 and settled in NYC and
Long Island. Reportedly lives in Estavayer-le-Lac Switzerland, where
he moved to in 1978.

"Balet's painting has been influenced by Egyptian, Greek, and Roman
primitive art, as well as by Lautrec, Picasso, Miro, and other modern
French artists.........Former art director of Mademoiselle and
Seventeen magazines, both in New York City."

http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/bulletin.aspx?searchtype=DISCUSS&...ist=200
(brief discussion of Balet's life)

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=jan+balet&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
(some artwork)

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=jan+balet&pics=on&sor...=7&x=0&
(some book covers)

http://www.centralsquaregallery.com/balet.html
(paintings)

http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2006/11/jan-balet-pioneer-stylist.html
(brief article)

http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2005/12/jan-balet_06.html
(illustration for Phyllis McGinley's "The Year Without a Santa Claus"
-normally illustrated by Kurt Werth)

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
All self-illustrator:

* Amos and the Moon, Oxford University Press, 1948, Walck, 1959.

* Ned and Ed and the Lion, Oxford University Press, 1949.

* What Makes an Orchestra, Walck, 1951.

* The Five Rollatinis, Lippincott, 1959.

* Joanjo: Eine Geschichte aus Portugal, Betz (Munich), 1965,
translation published as Joanjo: A Portuguese Tale, Delacorte, 1967.

* The Gift: A Portuguese Christmas Tale, Delacorte, 1967.

* Der Koenig und der Besenbinder, Betz, 1967, translation
published as The King and the Broom Maker, Delacorte, 1968.

* Ladismus, oder, Die Vorteile einer hoeheren Schulbildung, Betz,
1969, translation published as Ladismouse; or, The Advantages of
Higher Education, Walck, 1971.

* Jan Balet: Bamaelde (paintings), H. Holzinger, 1969.

* Ein Skizzenbuch, Windecker Winkelpresse, 1980.

* Skizzenparre, Windecker Winkelpresse, 1981.

* Paris-Skizzen, Windecker Winkelpresse, 1982.

* Jan Balet: Gemalde, Zeichnungen, Graphik: Museum Langenargen am
Bodensee, 1983, edited by Eduard Hindelang, J. Thorbecke, 1983.

* Katzenskizzen = Cat Sketches, Windecker Winkelpresse, 1983.

* Hellas-Skizzen = Hellas Sketches, translated from English to
German, Windecker Winkelpresse, 1984.

* Wasser-Skizzen, T. Pongratl, 1993.


ILLUSTRATOR:

* Dorothea Zack Hanle, The Golden Ladle, Ziff-Davis, 1945.

* Pedro Antonio de Alarcon, Tales From the Spanish, Story
Classics, 1948.

* Helen Wing, Rosalinde, Container Corp., 1952.

* Patricia Jones, Rumpelstiltskin (adapted from Grimms' Fairy
Tales), Container Corp., 1955.

* Jones, Fair, Brown and Trembling: An Irish Fairy Tale
(adaptation), Container Corp., 1957.

* Martha Bennett King, Birthday Angel, Container Corp., 1959.

* King, The Snow Queen (adaptation of the story by Hans Christian
Anderson), Container Corp., 1961.

* The Princess and the Pea, Parents' Magazine Press, 1962.

* The Magic Fishbone, Parents' Magazine Press, 1963.

* George Selden, The Mice, the Monks and the Christmas Tree,
Macmillan, 1963.

* Aileen Brothers and Cora Holsclaw, Just One Me, Follett, 1967.

* James Kruess, Ein-, Eich- & Mondhorn, Betz, 1968.

"Contributor of illustrations to various magazines, including Glamour,
Good Housekeeping, Vogue, and House and Gardens."


Lenona.