August 10, 2017

Portuguese Publisher reprinted Jan’s “João” Children’s Book

August 10, 2017/ John Balet

When a Portuguese university professor found our website… he also found a way to reconnect with his childhood

January 17, 2017

Balet Art on Music

January 17, 2017/ John Balet

Some of Jan's clever images made their way into the world of music.

November 10, 2016

Balet Books Go to the Fair

November 10, 2016/ John Balet

Making connections with the art lover – or in this case – the book lover...

July 06, 2016

Spotting an Unauthorized Balet Print

July 06, 2016/ John Balet

One of the things that we hoped to accomplish when we launched janbalet.com was that we would connect with art lovers who owned some of my father’s work.

December 07, 2015

Holiday Beginnings – Jan’s First Children’s Book

December 07, 2015/ John Balet

Christmas time is very special to me. That is partly because of a truly unique gift I received from my father, Jan, when I was little. I like to think that I inspired his foray into writing and illustrating children’s books because his very first one – Amos and The Moon – was written for me.

Jan Balet: The Artist & His Works

Jan Balet (1913-2009) was a German-born artist best known in the U.S. for his success in the 40s, 50s and 60s as a commercial illustrator in New York City, where he designed for major corporations and publications and authored and illustrated children's books. Returning to Europe in 1965, this self-proclaimed “sophisticated primitive” continued as a children's book author and illustrator, but spent the majority of his final years creating a vast body of work through painting, etching, lithographs, and watercolors.