Jean de Brunhoff

Jean de Brunhoff was a French writer and illustrator known for creating the Babar books, the first of which appeared in 1931. He was the fourth and youngest child of Maurice de Brunhoff, a publisher, and his wife Marguerite. He attended Protestant schools, including the prestigious Ecole Alsacienne. Brunhoff joined the army and reached the front lines when World War I was almost over. Afterwards, he decided to be a professional artist and studied painting at the Acadmie de la Grande Chaumire in Paris. In 1924 he married Ccile Sabouraud, a talented pianist, and they had two sons Laurent and Mathieu in 1925 and 1926 a third son, Thierry, was born nine years later.

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