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Bronze medal, from the Paris Mint (cornucopia hallmark from 1880).
Minted in 1976.
Minimal traces of handling.
Engraver/artist : Jean-Paul LUTHRINGER (1923).
Dimension : 72mm.
Weight :189 g.
Metal : bronze.
Hallmark on the edge (mark on the edge) : cornucopia + bronze + 1976.
Quick and neat delivery.
The easel is not for sale.
The stand is not for sale
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Pierre de Barrigue de Montvallon, known as Piem, is a French designer, born November 12, 1923 in Saint-Étienne (Loire) and died November 12, 2020 in Notre-Dame-d'Oé (Indre-et-Loire).
Biography
Family and entourage
Pierre Georges Marie de Barrigue de Montvallon comes from a family descended from the noble nobility of Aix-en-Provence. Son of Serge de Montvallon, director of the Maison de la Chimie, and Madeleine Champaver, he is the brother of Robert de Montvalon1. Piem describes: “I was the rickety, red-headed child of a family in Aix-en-Provence, the third of five children, destined to live in the shadow of his older brothers who were so strong and so brilliant »2.
On August 22, 1947, he married Élisabeth Lefebvre, from a family of industrialists from Roubaix, with whom he had six children3 (three boys, three girls), including Thierry, known under the pseudonym Barrigue, press cartoonist4,5 and Christophe , genealogist owner of the fraternal and wikifrat trees on the Geneanet6 genealogy site.
Around 1953, he was the religious godfather of Philippe Bouvard (born in 1929), after the latter decided to be baptized discreetly, in order to marry religiously7.
Training
After secondary studies at the Massillon school (congregation of the Oratory), Pierre de Barrigue de Montvallon graduated from the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts4 and the École Paul-Colin3.
Designer and painter
Piem is a humorous cartoonist and painter3. He “clearly displayed his left-wing ideas”4.
In January 1945, he ended the war as a “decorator corporal”8 in Trier.
From 1947, he collaborated with Témoignage Chrétien and Le Figaro (until 1981). Readers of Point and La Croix were also able to see his drawings3.
At the same time, he defended the journalistic profession by joining the National Union of Journalists (SNJ). He is also the creator of the character Turlupin, who appeared in strips in certain dailies such as L'Est republican, particularly in the 1970s.
He also passes by the cabaret: La Tête de lard, l'Olympia, and Bobino.
He became known to the general public by participating in the television programs Le Petit Rapporteur (1975-1976) where Jacques Martin called him “the ancestor”4 even though he was only 51 years old; he participated in the show La Lorgnette, which followed the same principle as Le Petit Rapporteur, in 1977 and 19784,9,10. There he produced a press review in drawings, “La petite week de Piem”, which sometimes displeased the executive of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing2.
Piem is known for smoking a pipe11, and in 1975 it was possible for him to smoke during the show Le Petit Rapporteur12.
After living in Paris, during his childhood (île de la Cité, opposite the stables of the Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville) then, during his adult life (place de la Contrescarpe)2, Piem retired to Notre-Dame Dame-d'Oé, commune of Indre-et-Loire, north of Tours, where he was elected municipal councilor, and continues to smoke a pipe13.
Piem's life and career were summarized by Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, Minister of Culture, in his speech given on January 14, 2005 before he promoted him to Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters14.
Pen name
The pen name Piem is created from the first letters of his first name (Pierre) and the first of part of his last name (Montv
Biography
Family and entourage
Pierre Georges Marie de Barrigue de Montvallon comes from a family descended from the noble nobility of Aix-en-Provence. Son of Serge de Montvallon, director of the Maison de la Chimie, and Madeleine Champaver, he is the brother of Robert de Montvalon1. Piem describes: “I was the rickety, red-headed child of a family in Aix-en-Provence, the third of five children, destined to live in the shadow of his older brothers who were so strong and so brilliant »2.
On August 22, 1947, he married Élisabeth Lefebvre, from a family of industrialists from Roubaix, with whom he had six children3 (three boys, three girls), including Thierry, known under the pseudonym Barrigue, press cartoonist4,5 and Christophe , genealogist owner of the fraternal and wikifrat trees on the Geneanet6 genealogy site.
Around 1953, he was the religious godfather of Philippe Bouvard (born in 1929), after the latter decided to be baptized discreetly, in order to marry religiously7.
Training
After secondary studies at the Massillon school (congregation of the Oratory), Pierre de Barrigue de Montvallon graduated from the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts4 and the École Paul-Colin3.
Designer and painter
Piem is a humorous cartoonist and painter3. He “clearly displayed his left-wing ideas”4.
In January 1945, he ended the war as a “decorator corporal”8 in Trier.
From 1947, he collaborated with Témoignage Chrétien and Le Figaro (until 1981). Readers of Point and La Croix were also able to see his drawings3.
At the same time, he defended the journalistic profession by joining the National Union of Journalists (SNJ). He is also the creator of the character Turlupin, who appeared in strips in certain dailies such as L'Est republican, particularly in the 1970s.
He also passes by the cabaret: La Tête de lard, l'Olympia, and Bobino.
He became known to the general public by participating in the television programs Le Petit Rapporteur (1975-1976) where Jacques Martin called him “the ancestor”4 even though he was only 51 years old; he participated in the show La Lorgnette, which followed the same principle as Le Petit Rapporteur, in 1977 and 19784,9,10. There he produced a press review in drawings, “La petite week de Piem”, which sometimes displeased the executive of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing2.
Piem is known for smoking a pipe11, and in 1975 it was possible for him to smoke during the show Le Petit Rapporteur12.
After living in Paris, during his childhood (île de la Cité, opposite the stables of the Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville) then, during his adult life (place de la Contrescarpe)2, Piem retired to Notre-Dame Dame-d'Oé, commune of Indre-et-Loire, north of Tours, where he was elected municipal councilor, and continues to smoke a pipe13.
Piem's life and career were summarized by Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, Minister of Culture, in his speech given on January 14, 2005 before he promoted him to Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters14.
Pen name
The pen name Piem is created from the first letters of his first name (Pierre) and the first of part of his last name (Montv