Lot #2: Artist Signed Jan Balet Macabre Wedding Oak Framed 4/300 Art Print 38"

Jan Balet (1913-2009) was born in Bremen, Germany and spent the first years of his life on the northeastern shore of Lake Constance. His schooling began there and, as a result of his more-than-mischievous conduct, continued somewhat tempestuously, until he eventually focused his efforts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Under Professor Olaf Gulbransson, he developed his artistic skills and found ways to think about and express his unique vision. The composition required for advertising and the reduction of details necessary for illustrating stories became his forte. Balet learned to create concise scenes depicting his own creative narratives, full of ironic wit and engaging paradox.