Raymond Peynet

Raymond Peynet (16 November 1908 – 14 January 1999) was a French cartoonist who was born in Paris and died in Mougins (Alpes-Maritimes).

He is known for having created the couple of lovers in 1942 which he represented through a variety of mediums, including ceramics, posters, jewelry, postcards, and postage stamps.

At the age of 15, Raymond Peynet entered the Germain Pilon school, the future École des Arts Appliqués à l’Industrie of Paris.

They would have inspired the song Les amoureux des bancs publics by Georges Brassens although this hypothesis is controversial.

[1] In the 1960s and 1970s, Murat jewels produced many medals, tiepins and cuff-links, and more rarely watches, in gold or silver, bearing the effigy of Peynet's lovers.

Raymond Peynet Rosenthal porcelain plate with the lovers.
The "Peynet Kiosk" on the Champ de Mars in Valence .