Raymond Peynet - Litho. Titel, Vous avez aime Cherie ? - Sold

Raymond Peynet is a world famous French artist, born in 1908 in Paris. When he was 15, he was admitted to the Ecole des Arts Appliqués, which was conveniently located opposite his parents' bistro. His first job was at an advertising agency, Tolmer, doing jobs from sweeping the floor to making labels for perfume bottles, eventually working on advertisements himself. In 1930 he married Denise Damour and began publishing his illustrations in the Parisian press, including Le Rire, Rire à deux, Paris Magazine and The Boulevardier. For his romantic and humorous artworks of love between men and women, Peynet has gained worldwide fame and has been called "the painter of love." In 1980, the Museum Peynet opened in Tokyo, Japan. In 1981, a mural, 120 feet long and 24 feet high, was commissioned for the city of Carros, France. Exhibitions were held in galleries in Europe and Japan from 1982-1990. A Peynet stamp was issued by the government in France in 1985 in honor of his work.