Pierre Corriveau was born in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Mauricie, in 1889. He started to work for a paper factory when he was 12 years old. After 20 years he quited that job to become a butcher. Around 1950, he builted his house in Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides and garnished his yard with a lot of birds and a colourful menagerie. Most of his birds were made of cedar wood with tin wings. He use to carve his animals and let his daughter do the painting of his creations. When the authors of " Les Patenteux du Québec " visited him in 1972 or 1973, he was not carving any more because he was getting blind.

References :

GROSBOIS, Louise de, and al
" Les Patenteux du Québec " p. 90-93 
McKENDRY, Blake – " Folk Artists in Canada "

Some of the colorfull menagerie in the backyard of Pierre Corriveau, p. V second edition of " Les patenteux du Québec "