Piem
Born: November 12, 1923
Died: November 12, 2020
in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France
Died: November 12, 2020
in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France
Pierre de Barrigue de Montvallon (12 November 1923 – 12 November 2020), known professionally as Piem, was a French designer.
Piem was the son of Serge de Montvallon, director of the Maison de la chimie, and Madeleine Champavère. He was also the brother of Robert de Montvalon. On 22 August 1947, he married Élisabeth Lefebvre, who came from a family of industrialists from Roubaix. He had six children with Élisabeth (three sons, three daughters), including Thierry, who took the pseudonym Barrigue after becoming a cartoonist, and Christophe, a key figure in the foundation of the genealogy website Geneanet. Around 1953, he became the godfather of Philippe Bouvard.
After his secondary studies at the École Massillon, de Montvallon graduated from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and the École Paul-Colin. He began working as a cartoonist and a painter, where he displayed leftist ideals. After World War II, he worked as a "decorator corporal" in Trier. In 1947, he began to contribute to Témoignage chrétien and Le Figaro, and readers of Le Point and La Croix also had access to his drawings. He then joined the Syndicat national des journalistes. He became known to the general public after appearing in the television program Le Petit Rapporteur, where Jacques Martin called him "the ancestor", although he was just 51 years old. He also appeared in La Lorgnette in 1977 and 1978. He was known to smoke a pipe, and was able to during his appearances on Le Petit Rapporteur.
Upon his retirement, Piem moved to Notre-Dame-d'Oé, where he was elected as a municipal councillor and continued to smoke a pipe. His life and career were summarized by French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres in a speech given on 14 January 2005, in which Piem was promoted to a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
The pen name Piem was created from his first name (Pierre) and his last name (Montvallon). He would joke that it came from the words "Prodigieux, Irrésistible, Extraordinaire, Modeste".
Piem died in Notre-Dame-d'Oé on his 97th birthday, 12 November 2020.
Source: Article "Piem (cartoonist)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Piem was the son of Serge de Montvallon, director of the Maison de la chimie, and Madeleine Champavère. He was also the brother of Robert de Montvalon. On 22 August 1947, he married Élisabeth Lefebvre, who came from a family of industrialists from Roubaix. He had six children with Élisabeth (three sons, three daughters), including Thierry, who took the pseudonym Barrigue after becoming a cartoonist, and Christophe, a key figure in the foundation of the genealogy website Geneanet. Around 1953, he became the godfather of Philippe Bouvard.
After his secondary studies at the École Massillon, de Montvallon graduated from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and the École Paul-Colin. He began working as a cartoonist and a painter, where he displayed leftist ideals. After World War II, he worked as a "decorator corporal" in Trier. In 1947, he began to contribute to Témoignage chrétien and Le Figaro, and readers of Le Point and La Croix also had access to his drawings. He then joined the Syndicat national des journalistes. He became known to the general public after appearing in the television program Le Petit Rapporteur, where Jacques Martin called him "the ancestor", although he was just 51 years old. He also appeared in La Lorgnette in 1977 and 1978. He was known to smoke a pipe, and was able to during his appearances on Le Petit Rapporteur.
Upon his retirement, Piem moved to Notre-Dame-d'Oé, where he was elected as a municipal councillor and continued to smoke a pipe. His life and career were summarized by French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres in a speech given on 14 January 2005, in which Piem was promoted to a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
The pen name Piem was created from his first name (Pierre) and his last name (Montvallon). He would joke that it came from the words "Prodigieux, Irrésistible, Extraordinaire, Modeste".
Piem died in Notre-Dame-d'Oé on his 97th birthday, 12 November 2020.
Source: Article "Piem (cartoonist)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movies for Piem...
Title: La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 7, 2022
Type: Movie
In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.
Title: Le Petit Rapporteur
Character: Self - Panelist
Released: January 19, 1975
Type: TV
Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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