Raymond Peynet [Snowy Bench] Original Retro Print Signed by the Artist [Framed]

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

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.

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: Four-part 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, who are always surrounded by small animals, trees and flowers, Peynet's works convey 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 print was produced in France as part of a series in 1985. 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 video here:

[Work description]

Let's listen to the conversation between lovers. Woman = "I want to hold you forever." Man = "Can you give me your flu? I'll give you my bronchitis, so we can both take the same medicine!" This is Place de la Filsambert, located behind the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris. There is a bench in a small space in the middle of a busy street. In summer, it is a place of relaxation where many people gather, but now it is covered with snow and it continues to fall. Night falls, and the street lights cast a faint light on the white snow. The people in the town hurry home. Neither the darkness of the night nor the cold of the snow can separate the lovers. You can feel the warm feelings of Peynet watching over the lovers. This may be an image of his youth. Love wins.

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.

[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