Claude Ponti was born November 22, 1948 at Luneville in Lorraine , father chrono-analyzer and a schoolteacher mother. He spends the tray 1967 . He attended the School of Fine Arts in Aix-en-Provence , then follows the study letters and archeology in Strasbourg . He then became a cartoonist for the Express, from 1968 to 1984. painter , he exhibited his drawings in Paris from 1972 to 1978. It provides numerous illustrations for publishers and children"s press. In early 1980, he is also artistic director at the Epinal imagery .

This is the birth of his daughter Adele in 1985 that is triggered his vocation to create albums of children"s literature . His early work directly for his daughter Adèle .

In 2009 he created The Muz, online virtual museum of works by children from around the world .