In the beginnings of his artistic career, Peter Keil's style was influenced by German Expressionism. In the paintings from his early Berlin years, he mainly focused on typical big city settings and characters on the fringes of society. However, his style changed visibly at the beginning of the 60s when he lived in Paris for a while and emerged in the city's nightlife.
Keil increasingly parted with his realistic approach and developed a new, much more spontaneous and dynamic painting style which he developed further during his years in London and finally during his time as one of the "Berliner Neue Wilden" at the beginning of the 80s. Since then, the use of intensive to lurid colors and the absence of realistic representation have become characteristic of his painting style.
In Keil's paintings, the color is applied with quick brushstrokes and occasionally with impasto techniques and the images are additionally abstracted by the use of graffiti elements. He prefers to paint human figures, portraits, big city scenes, landscapes and still-life images of flowers. His emotional way of painting is mainly driven by a desire for freedom from social constraints and conventions. In the past 50 years, Keil has created numerous large- and small-scale paintings in oil and mixed media on canvas but also some sculptures in wood and steel and a great number of majolicas.
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Colorful Portrait Painting on Board by Peter Keil w Tiffany Blue Background
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a painted Tiffany Blue background, black abstract portrait. Here you ...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Stunning Gold Framed Portrait Painting on Canvas 'Berlin' with COA
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
Peter Keil's painting on canvas. Canvas without frame measures 24"x12". Beautiful gold frame is included with this lovely piece. Peter Keil's paintings on canvas are becoming more ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Peter Robert Keil Acrylic Portrait on Impressionist Canvas
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
Peter Robert Keil acrylic portrait done on a stretched canvas. Keil is known for his portraits often being painted on top of other found art and paintings. This piece exhibits such ...
Canvas, Paint
Colorful Portrait Painting on Board by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a painted Tiffany Blue background, black abstract portrait with many ...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Colorful Portrait Painting on Board by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a painted grey background, black abstract portrait with many colors. Here you certainly see the Picasso...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
$3,500
Couple
By Peter Keil
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Peter Keil Title: Couple Size: 21 1/2 × 25 1/2 Inches (Framed: 24 1/2 × 28 1/2 Inches) Medium: Acrylic on Board Edition: Original Year: 1969 Notes: Hand Signed and Da...
Acrylic, Board
Colorful Portrait Painting on Board by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a painted grey background, black abstract portrait with many colors. Here you certainly see the Picasso...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
$795
H 34 in W 22 in D 2 in
Large Vintage American Modernist Cubist Portrait Original MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Measuring: 34 by 22 inches overall. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Oil, Canvas
$526
H 16.15 in W 13 in D 0.79 in
Contemporary abstract expressionist human portrait on canvas "Identity within"
By Mougenot Natalya
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
“Identity Within” – a metamodern reflection on inner truth, duality, and the human journey toward authentic selfhood “Identity Within” is a powerful and introspective portrait in wh...
Canvas, Acrylic
$264
H 3.94 in W 3.94 in D 0.4 in
Buoyant XVI, Original painting, Acrylic on Board, contemporary
By Henry Walsh
Located in Deddington, GB
Buoyant XVI is an original painting by Henry Walsh. This work is acrylic painted onto board, and framed in a white box frame. 10 x 10cm (19 x 19cm framed). This piece is inspired by ...
Acrylic, Board
$468
H 11.82 in W 8.67 in D 0.04 in
Contemporary abstract expressionist woman's portrait painting "Edge of becoming"
By Mougenot Natalya
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman’s portrait was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot as part of her ongoing series dedicated to Women. In this body of work, Mougen...
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,000
H 18.25 in W 26.5 in D 0.5 in
"Wild White Horses" Contemporary Outsider Urban Expressionism Painting Framed
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
The painting is an expressive, abstract work by Purvis Young with a strong emphasis on dynamic brushwork and a limited color palette dominated by deep reds, off-whites, and subtle ac...
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Cardboard
$407
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.6 in
Contemporary Expressionist portrait woman acrylic painting "Feminine Power"
By Mougenot Natalya
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern vibrant abstract expressionist woman's portrait was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and makes part of her ongoing series dedicated to Women, where she explores ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,500
H 24 in W 18 in D 0.75 in
"Weeds" Colorful Abstract Expressionistic Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
By Paul Indrek Kostabi
Located in New York, NY
Paul Kostabi is known for his wildly fun, expressionistic, and colorful portraits. This painting is a perfect definition of his most popular works. Red, bright whites, greens, and blues disperse in a frenzy of splatters, fast brush strokes, and speckles ascending across the canvas. The exuberant, bright, and messy depictions of this piece hold much fascination in its execution. His layered approach to the paint is part of what makes his works so attractive and exciting; creating many dimensions and highlights resembling the shine and gleam of stars in the universe. This is a unique work painted with mixed media on canvas, is signed by the artist lower left and titled and dated on verso. Art measures 24 x 18 inches Paul Kostabi (Paul Indrek Kostabi) was born in 1962 in Whittier, California. He is an American artist, musician, music producer, and audio engineer. He is the brother of artist Mark Kostabi. He became part of the CBGB Festival in 2014 exhibiting paintings alongside photographers Bob Gruen, Michael Lavine...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,706
H 10.5 in W 10.5 in D 1.75 in
Miniature Painting of Trafalgar Square London Westminster by British City Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Painting of Trafalgar Square London Westminster by British City Artist - a unique original from leading Contemporary Cityscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. Part of the London ...
Gesso, Paint, Oil, Acrylic, Board, Canvas, Cotton Canvas
$1,748
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in
Abstract Expressionist Painting in Acrylic & Oil Pastel, 21st Century -Untitled
By Zahra Shahcheraghi
Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT
Untitled, from Zahra Shahcheraghi’s Enchanters of Heaven series (2024) Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas · Zahra Shahcheraghi’s monumental abstraction bridges Persian artistic herita...
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard, Paper, Archival Paper
$585Sale Price|37% Off
H 23.63 in W 19.69 in
Black Angel Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Gestural Figurative Contemporary
By Nerea Caos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Black Angel Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Gestural Figurative Contemporary Artist: Nerea Caos (1993) Title: Black Angel Year: 2023 Medium: Oil on ca...
Canvas, Oil
Addisonjones artwork, Anti-Hero pop artwork
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Addisonjones artwork, Anti-Hero pop artwork A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T: Introducing the iconic Andy Warhol style print with neon colors and screen prin...
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,000
H 24.5 in W 22.5 in D 1.5 in
Every Time I Feel the Spirit: African American collage painting w/ figures, blue
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Every Time I Feel the Spirit" is a collage / painting created from acrylic and collage on leather mounted on MDF panel with predominant blue. The work itse...
Leather, Acrylic, Panel, Fiberboard, Archival Paper
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H 39 in W 29 in D 1.5 in
Peter Robert Keil Acrylic on Canvas Colorful & Dynamic Portrait
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
Peter Robert Keil painting on stretched thick canvas. Lovely colorful portrait.
Canvas, Paint
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H 28 in W 22 in D 1.75 in
Peter Robert Keil Acrylic Portrait on Impressionist Canvas
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
Peter Robert Keil acrylic portrait done on a stretched canvas. Neil is known for his portraits often being painted on top of other found art and paintings. This piece exhibits such ...
Canvas, Paint
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H 24 in W 12 in D 0.125 in
Abstracted Neutral Portrait Painting by Peter Keil - Black & Tan
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
A beautiful Peter Keil original painting. Keil's signature style is shown in these Picasso inspired portraits. These portraits are characteristic of Keil's work in the 1980s when the...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
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H 24 in W 12 in D 0.125 in
Abstract Portrait Painting by Peter Keil - Black & Tan
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
A beautiful Peter Keil original painting. Keil's signature style is shown in these Picasso inspired portraits. These portraits are characteristic of Keil's work in the 1980s when the...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
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H 24 in W 12 in D 0.125 in
Abstract Portrait Painting by Peter Keil - Black & Tan
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
A beautiful Peter Keil original painting. Keil's signature style is shown in these Picasso inspired portraits. These portraits are characteristic of Keil's work in the 1980s when the...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
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H 24 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Colorful Abstract Portrait Painting on Board- Rainbow Showers by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a taupe background, black abstract portrait and showered with many colors. Here you certainly see the P...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
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H 24 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Whimsical Geometric Multicolor Abstract Portrait Painting on Board by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a light gray grey background, a black abstracted portrait with lovely whimsical pops of color. Attract...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
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H 24 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Abstract Portrait Painting on Board by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on smooth masonite board with a light gray graphite background, a black abstracted portrait and pops of lovely bright yet subtle colors...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
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H 24 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Black White & Blue Abstract Portrait Painting on Board by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on masonite board with a white textured background and a black & blue abstract portrait. Attracti...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
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H 24 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Black & White Abstract Portrait Painting on Board by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on masonite board with a white textured background and a black abstracted portrait. Attractive design piece with matte finish and lots...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
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H 24 in W 12 in D 0.125 in
Abstract Portrait Painting by Peter Keil - Black on Tan
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
A beautiful Peter Keil original painting. Keil's signature style is shown in these Picasso inspired portraits. These portraits are characteristic of Keil's work in the 1980s when the...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Sold
H 24 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Black & White Abstract Portrait on Board by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on masonite board with a white textured background and a black abstracted portrait. Attractive design piece with matte finish and lots...
Masonite, Acrylic, Board