"The proverbial tale of finding something in the attic: countless old boxes which turned out to contain the legacy of a man who was a universal artist--not as a cheerful dilettante but as a recognized, indeed renowned representative of his areas of expertise. This sensational discovery induced the artist's grandson to undertake an expedition into the oeuvre of his brilliant grandfather Emil Pirchan. The result is a volume which makes it possible to freshly experience all the arts of the first half of the 20th century: in more than 300 mostly unknown illustrations and in essays by accredited experts in the disciplines in which Pirch was active"--Back cover.