Pierre Daix was born on May 24, 1922 in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor, known for The Missing Piece: Mona Lisa, Her Thief, the True Story (2012), Der Sommer 1939 (2009) and Matisse-Picasso (2002). He was married to Françoise and Anne Villelaur. He died on November 2, 2014 in Ivry-sur-Seine.
Friend of Pablo Picasso, he wrote many books on him and other artists. He also wrote novels "Les Revenantes" and autobiographies.
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Member of the PCF (french communist party) at 17 ,he was a member of the Resistance, arrested and deported to Mathausen concentration camp. He worked after the war for the French government in a department directed by a communist minister. He then became director of French literary magazine "Les Lettres françaises" from 1948 to 72. He then criticized the Communist party .
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Year
Status
Character
Docs interdits
2014
TV Series documentary
Himself
Secrets d'histoire
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself - Biographe et ami de Picasso
The Missing Piece: Mona Lisa, Her Thief, the True Story