Jan Balet

{{short description|German painter, graphic artist and illustrator (1913-2009)}}

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Jan Balet (1913 – 2009) was a painter, graphic artist and illustrator, known for his naive style

Balet was born on 20 July 1913 in Bremen, Germany.{{cite web |title=Balet, Jan |url=https://www.degruyter.com/database/AKL/entry/_10102322/html |website=AKL Online |access-date=27 March 2025 |language=en}} He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He emigrated to the United States in 1938 and bean a career in commercial art in New York City. For a time he was the art director for Mademoiselle magazine.{{cite web |title=Jan B. Balet - Biography |url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Jan_B_Balet/11373184/Jan_B_Balet.aspx |website=AskArt |access-date=27 March 2025}} His work was included in the 1949 exhibition The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club at the Museum of Modern Art.{{cite web |title=Jan Balet |url=https://www.moma.org/artists/62679-jan-balet |website=The Museum of Modern Art |access-date=28 March 2025 |language=en}} In 1962 he created a cover for The Saturday Evening Post.{{cite web |title=Jan Balet Archives |url=https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/artists/jan-balet/ |website=The Saturday Evening Post |access-date=28 March 2025 |date=24 November 1962}}

Balet illustrated several children's books including The Snow Queen in 1942 and What Makes an Orchestra in 1962.{{cite web |title=Balet, Jan, 1913-2009 |url=https://viaf.org/en/viaf/95803494 |website=OCLC |access-date=28 March 2025}}

Balet died on 31 January 2009 in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland.