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Raymond Peynet [Virgo] Original Etching, Black and White, Signed by the Artist [Framed]
Raymond Peynet [Virgo] Original Etching, Black and White, Signed by the Artist [Framed]
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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, Virgo is said to be the sister of Zeus, the Greek god, and the goddess of harvest, Demerthe. Virgo people have both the dreamy sensitivity of a young girl and the practical side of steadily realizing their ideals. They value social conventions and rules, so they can be strict with people who go against them.
Among the trees in the park, a beautiful, pure, and slightly strict-looking woman, like a nun, stands holding her lovers. Judging from the size of her lovers, the woman appears to be about three meters tall. She may not be human, but a goddess. Between the branches of the trees behind her, a heart-shaped sky that seems to be another dimension is drawn, and doves are flying. The lovers, representing love, and the doves, a symbol of peace, probably represent the ideal of the goddess. People dressed as medieval travelers and medieval-style buildings can be seen peeking through the trees, and small animals and flowers also seem to be participating in this world of love and peace.
Gallery Ade 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.
[Raymond Peynet Museum link]
Sakuto Museum of Art (Peine Museum + Valentine Park + Valentine Hotel)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Peine's Monument of Love and Peace
