Adds a new name to the history of modern architectureArchitect Jean Welz a lost artistic genius lived a hidden life among many famous names Le Corbusier Adolf Loos Robert MalletStevens Gabriel Guevrekian Tristan Tzara founder of Dada and photographer Andrampampamp233eacute Kertampampamp233sz. Jean Welz could not register as an architect in France and worked ampampquotunder the tableampampquot so credit to him has had to be sleuthed out through letters interviews signed photographs a portfolio family archives plans and rare documents.ampampamp10Endorsements by lead architectural scholars from universities in the UK US and Europe including Tim Benton a Le Corbusier expert and Christopher Long who has published at least a dozen books on Viennese modern architecture and Adolf Loos. A must acquisition for libraries and of interest to students.ampampamp10Tale of discovery intriguing for the everyday reader A treasure hunt in the rich and radical artistic interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s in Paris that then travels across three countries and two continents over a decade of research.