David O'Connell's new book, 'The Art and Life of Atlanta Artist Wilbur Kurtz: Inspired by Southern History,' is the first biography ever devoted to the well-known Atlanta artist and amateur historian (1882-1967). For reasons of space, O'Connell has chosen to deal principally with Kurtz's artistic work, describing the stages of the artist's career from his founding of the Pen and Brush Club of Atlanta in 1913 and the first sales of his early works in that decade, to his death five decades later.