Peter Robert Keil Abstract Paintings
German, b. 1942
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during World War II. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also an artistically talented woman, took her son and struggled her way to West Berlin where they settled. This is where Peter Robert Keil grew up in the working-class neighbourhood of Berlin-Wedding and where he discovered his interest in painting – particularly in expressionistic artists and in Pablo Picasso's work.[3] From 1954 on, the East Berlin-based painter Otto Nagel became his mentor and taught him first craft skills and painting techniques.[4] In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metalworker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin. When the Berlin Wall was built, he lost contact with his mentor Otto Nagel and from the early 60s on, Keil started to spend more and more time abroad. During his studies at the University of Arts in Berlin, he came in contact with numerous other artists who later became influential artists of their generation, like for example Georg Baselitz, Eugen Schönebeck, Markus Lüpertz and Joachim Schmettau.[5][6] During his time in Mallorca, he also met with Joan Miró in his studio several times.[6] From the early 60s on, Keil established studios in Paris, London, Berlin and in the US. Today he mainly lives and works in Zimmerau (Bavaria, Germany), Berlin and Los Angeles.
In the beginnings of his artistic career, Peter Keil's style was influenced by German expressionism. In the works 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.[5][7] Since then, the use of intensive to lurid colours and the absence of realistic representation have become characteristic of his painting style.[8] In his paintings, the colour is applied with quick brushstrokes and occasionally with impasto techniques and the images are additionally abstracted by the use of Graffiti elements. Keil prefers to paint human figures, portraits, big city scenes, landscapes and still life images of flowers.[3] His emotional way of painting is mainly driven by a desire for freedom from social constraints and conventions. In the past 50 years, he 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.(Biography provided by Modern on the Hudson)
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Artist: Peter Robert Keil
Portrait of a Young Woman
By Peter Robert Keil
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'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A wide-eyed woman gazes out to the viewer with an inquisitive gaze. The artist's use of exuberant colours beli...
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By Peter Robert Keil
Located in Summit, NJ
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Portrait of a Woman with Short Hair
By Peter Robert Keil
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Woman with Short Hair', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A wide-eyed woman gazes out to the viewer with a tranquil smile. The colou...
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Portrait of a Smiling Woman
By Peter Robert Keil
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'Portrait of a Smiling Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A cheerful look on the painting's subject puts a smile on the face of the viewer as well. Her beautiful blue eyes express a contentedness suggesting life is good...
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"Paloma 1972" by Peter Keil Colorful Abstract Figurative Portrait Painting
By Peter Robert Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
An original colorful abstract painting titled "Paloma" by Peter Keil. Signed and dated by the artist. Keil had few named muses - Paloma being one of them; making this a rare work though still characterized by his signature Picasso inspired style. Acrylic on canvas; comes framed in a vintage metal frame...
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Portrait of a Schoolboy
By Peter Robert Keil
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a School Boy', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). Big, bold with brash brush strokes painted in exuberant colours is the trademark of the artist. Strangers, frie...
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The Towers (Berlin 1992)
By Peter Robert Keil
Located in Summit, NJ
Peter Robert Keil painted "Tge Towers" in Berlin in 1992. The piece is from The Keil Famiky's private collection and was included in Peter's first ever exhibit in the United States at the Peanut...
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