Raymond Peynet - Litho, title, "'The Shy Lover" The publisher minnaar

Raymond Peynet (1908-1999) 'Lithograph, title, " 'L Amoureux timid " The shy lover Raymond Peynet is a world-famous French artist, born in Paris in 1908. At the age of 15, he was admitted to the Ecole des Arts Appliqués, which was conveniently located across the street from his parents' bistro. His first job was at an advertising agency, Tolmer, where he did jobs ranging from sweeping floors 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. Because of his romantic and humorous artworks of love between men and women, Peynet has gained worldwide fame and is called "the painter of love". In 1980, the Peynet Museum was opened in Tokyo, Japan. In 1981, a mural, 120 feet long and 24 feet high, was commissioned for the city of Carros, France. From 1982-1990, exhibitions were held in galleries in Europe and Japan. In honor of his work, a Peynet stamp was issued by the government in France in 1985.