Peter Keil Paintings
German, b. 1942
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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Period: 1960s
Creator: Peter Keil
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1967, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Germany, Art
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
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Painting by Peter Keil, C 1967, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Germany, Art
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
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Painting by Peter Keil, C 1967, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Germany, Art
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
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Painting by Peter Keil, C 1969, Acrylic on Board, Signed, No Frame, Germany, Art
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
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Painting by Peter Keil, C 1965, Signed, Acrylic On Paper, Germany, No Frame, Art
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
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Painting by Peter Keil, C 1967, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Germany
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
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Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Grey Paper, Germany, Signed, C 1964, No Frame
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
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Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Grey Paper, Signed, Germany, No Frame
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
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Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Paper, Signed, Germany, No Frame, C 1964, Art
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
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Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Paper, Lady Profile, C 1964, No Frame, Signed
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
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Painting by Peter Keil, C 1964, Germany, Face On Paper, Signed, No Frame, Modern
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
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Painting by Peter Keil, Signed, Acrylic On Paper, No Frame, C 1965, Germany
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
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Painting by Peter Keil, Nude Lady on Paper, Germany, C 1964, No Frame, Signed
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
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Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic on Paper, C 1964, Modern Art, No Frame
By Peter Keil
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Painting by Peter Keil, Lady With A Bow, Acrylic On Paper, C 1964, Signed
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
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Painting by Peter Keil, Midcentury Art, 1964, Modern Art, On paper, Framed
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
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Painting by Peter Keil, New Silver Wood Frame with Linen Mating, Acrylic, 1962
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Located in New York, NY
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Painting by Peter Keil, Mid-Century Modern Art, Painted in Paris, 1967, on Paper
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
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Peter Keil "Homage to Miro" Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
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Painting by Peter Keil Mid-Century Modern Art, Black & White Art, C 1964, Signed
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Peter Keil Oil on Canvas Painting 'Abstract Face'
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Peter Keil Modern Expressionist Oil Painting Portrait
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Peter Keil Signed Expressionist Oil Painting 'Lady from New York'
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Painting by Peter Keil, Young Man Face, Acrylic On Paper, C 1964, Signed, Modern
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