Sheldon Hurst

Jan Balet Sheldon Hurst

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.