Raymond Peynet [Scorpio] Original Etching Signed by the Artist [Framed]

Image size: 52 x 38 cm

Raymond Peynet was the most popular illustrator in France in the 20th century, and has several museums in France and Japan. He depicts the love between lovers, and small animals, trees, and flowers are always drawn around them. Peynet's works have a message of love and peace, and empathy with small animals and plants leads to environmental protection. In Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, a sculpture of lovers by Peynet is placed as a symbol of world peace. This original etching print was produced in France as part of a series in 1978. It is of course new. It has sold out in France, and only second-hand copies are available on the market. For information on Peynet's museums, please see the following website.

Raymond Peynet's original etchings of the constellations on display at the Peynet Museum in Antibes. From the front, Pisces, Cancer, Sagittarius, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio.

[Work description]

In Greek mythology, the goddess Gaia, angry at the arrogant giant Orion, made a scorpion kill Orion. It is said that the scorpion became the constellation Scorpio. Scorpio people are reserved and do not show their emotions, but they are loving, have excellent concentration, persistence, and insight, and are devoted to those they trust, but they are jealous and aggressive towards those who are in conflict with them.

A giant scorpion with large eyes is in a fighting stance, with its tail raised into the sky. The lovers are sitting together on top of its curled tail. The woman is looking at the man with a passionate expression and touching his body. She is typical of a loving Scorpio woman. The ground on which the scorpion is lying appears to be sandy, but steep rocks are exposed. The distant landscape is also an island surrounded by steep rocks, with castles and spires built on it. It looks like the sea and island seen from the sandy beach where the scorpion is. A yellow sun or moon is drawn in the sky, as if blessing the lovers, along with the small birds and other small animals and flowers that surround them.

Gallery Adeka Yasuhiro Takeda

Around 1992, Galerie Adesaka purchased 5,000 copies from Alexandre Tocart, the nephew of Raymond Peynet's publisher Muret (who collaborated with Raymond Peynet to produce prints by Raymond Peynet that Raymond Peynet personally signed), and the representative of the French distributor of those prints (Editions des Cercles).

Mr. and Mrs. Takeda of the Galerie Adeka and Mr. and Mrs. Tokar of Editions des Cercles, the publisher of Raymond Peynet's original lithograph prints, in Nice ⇓

Yasuhiro Takeda, the owner of Galerie Adeka, graduated from the University of Montpellier in the south of France, and Alexandre Tokar was also from Montpellier and was his junior at the university. Galerie Adeka began to focus on selling Raymond Peynet prints, starting with their friendship with Alexandre Tokar.

Karuizawa Peinet Museum Brochure

 Galerie Adeka ran the Gallery Vingt de France at Karuizawa Prince Hotel for 20 years from 1995 to 2015, and is therefore on friendly terms with the Peynet Museum, also located in Karuizawa. To promote exchanges between the Karuizawa Peynet Museum and the Raymond Peynet and Humorous Artists Museum in Antibes, southern France, Galerie Adeka was sent by the Karuizawa Peynet Museum to continue to exchange with the Peynet Museum in Antibes and Raymond Peynet's daughter, Annie Peynet.

Raymond Peynet's world of painting depicts a paradise where small animals and plants happily coexist, with the love between lovers at its center. In the 21st century, where environmental destruction and war continue, Raymond Peynet's paintings of love and peace seem to be a message to the modern age. By coming into contact with Raymond Peynet's world surrounded by peace, love and gentle nature, I hope that you will develop peace and love in your heart and a heart that cherishes nature, animals and plants, our fellow members of the earth.