Pierre Probst
Pierre Probst (December 6, 1913 - April 12, 2007) was a French children's book writer and illustrator. He was known for his creation of the Caroline character, a heroine for children books.
Pierre Probst
- Full name
- Pierre Paul Probst.
- Born
- 1913. · Mulhouse.
- Died
- 2007. · Suresnes.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- writer, illustrator, draftsperson and caricaturist.
- Honours
- Officer of the National Order of Merit.
- Languages
- French.
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Pierre Probst (December 6, 1913 - April 12, 2007) was a French children's book writer and illustrator. He was known for his creation of the Caroline character, a heroine for children books.
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Probst was born in Mulhouse, then part of Germany, to a family that manufactured printed fabrics. Deciding at a young age to become an artist, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. He moved to Lyon in the 1930s and did many jobs related to drawing, painting and photo-editing. During World War II, he served in the French Army. Captured by Germans, Probst told them he wished to return to civilian life in Mulhouse. Once released, he escaped and returned to Lyon and Paris. He worked for Hachette in Paris, first drawing animal stories for children, such as those featuring Chippy the cocker-spaniel. In 1953, he created Caroline, based on his tomboyish daughter Simone. He died in Suresnes in 2007, aged 93.
Caroline
Caroline
Since the creation of the series in 1953, 43 albums of Caroline were created and 38 million copies of those albums were sold.'Caroline' is about seven years old, and has blonde hair with pigtails. She lives by herself among a band of friends - the dogs Bobby and Rusty, the cats Puff and Inky, the bear Bruno, a lion and a panther.
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1913
Pierre Probst was born on 6 December 1913.
2007
Pierre Probst died on 12 April 2007.
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- 1.« Pierre Probst, auteur d'albums », sur lemonde.fr, 19 avril 2007.
- 2.« Caroline fête ses 60 ans en 2013 », sur lagardere.com.
- 3.Présentation de l'exposition sur carnet2bord.com
- 4.Voir sur le site Livres d'enfants.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Daniel Bordet, Les Cent Plus Belles Images de Pierre Probst (préf. de Maurice Fleurent), coll. , éd. Parimagine, Paris, 2008, 118 p.
- Gabrielle Claerr-Stamm, « Pierre Paul Probst », in Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, vol. 47, p. 4865
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