Raymond Peynet - Litho, Title, the poet - Sold

Raymond Peynet (1908-1999)
'Lithograph, title, "Titre, le poète" (the poet) 1985.

Raymond Peynet is a world-famous French artist, born in Paris in 1908. At 15, he was admitted to the Ecole des Arts Appliqués, conveniently located across from his parents' bistro. His first job was at an advertising agency, Tolmer, where he did everything from sweeping floors to creating 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.
Peynet has achieved worldwide fame for his romantic and humorous artwork depicting love between men and women, and has been called "the painter of love." In 1980, the Peynet Museum opened in Tokyo, Japan. In 1981, a mural, 120 feet long and 24 feet high, was commissioned for the city of Carros, France. From 1982 to 1990, exhibitions were held in galleries in Europe and Japan. A Peynet stamp was issued by the French government in 1985 to honor his work.