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Jacques Cathy
(CHANSONNIERS)
1 bis Rue Bachelet, 75018 Paris, France

Cartoonist and singer Jacques Cathy (real name Louis Guionnet b.1906) was the third mayor of the Commune libre de Montmartre. He worked as a caricaturist for the weekly Le Rire paper and later joined the cabaret team La Vache Enragee, led by fellow chansonnier Roger Toziny. His line drawings are particularly expressive and stylish, worth obtaining, displaying and preserving if you get the chance. Founded in Paris Le Rire was an illustrated satirical journal that was published for almost sixty years, closing down in the 1950s, it had a brief return in the 1970s. After WW2 Cathy made several appearances in films, although in minor roles.

See the Jacques Cathy song sheet published by Editions Publirime below