Raymond Peynet [The Coming of Spring] Original litlraffic print, autographed by the artist

Limited to 350 copies, 57x43cm, produced in 1985, frame size 86x64cm, Raymond Peynet commemorative stamp attached

[The Coming of Spring] Click here for the explanatory video →

Four-part series: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter Raymond Peynet is the most popular illustrator in France in the 20th century, and has several museums in France and Japan. Depicting the love between lovers, small animals, trees and flowers are always drawn around the lovers, 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, Peynet's sculpture of lovers is placed as a symbol of world peace. This print was produced in France as a series in 1985. Of course it is new. It is sold out in France, and only second-hand items are available on the market.

Annie Peynet, daughter of Raymond Peynet, points to an original lithograph print of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter by Raymond Peynet at the Musee Peynet in Antibes, France.

[Work description]

The thrush continues to circle around the man, and primroses take over everywhere. Spring has come, but she has not arrived. The man continues to wait for her. During the long wait, ivy has wrapped around his body and the chair. The harsh winter has ended and spring has arrived. The wait has finally been worth it, and she has arrived. She has come on a large bird, flying with her hair fluttering in the spring breeze. He is still unaware of her arrival. Where has she come from? Has she sneaked out of the castle on the hill? The green of early spring is fresh. It will become a more fiery, dark green as early summer approaches. Spring has come to Peynet's lovers.

Gallery Adeka Yasuhiro Takeda

Raymond Peynet's video can be found here:

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.

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.

Karuizawa Peinet Museum brochure

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]

Raymond Peynet's website

Karuizawa Peinet Museum

Antibe Peine Museum Interview

Antibe Peine Museum

Brassac-Peynet Museum

Sakuto Museum of Art (Peine Museum + Valentine Park + Valentine Hotel)

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Peine's Monument of Love and Peace