Peter Robert Keil
1942 Züllichau
Artist of the "Berliner Wilde"
The German painter and sculptor Peter Robert Keil orientated himself stylistically on German Expressionism in the initial phase of his artistic work. In terms of themes, he was initially interested in the works from the early years in Berlin, primarily in typical big-city milieus and marginal figures in society. At the same time as his stay in Paris and the associated immersion in the nightlife there at the beginning of the 1960s, a major change in his style can be observed. Keil progressively evolved away from a realistic approach and towards a new, much more spontaneous and dynamic style of painting, which he further developed during his London years and finally as part of the Berlin "Neue Wilde" in the early 1980s. Since then, the typical features of his painting style have been the use of intensive to garish colors and the renunciation of realistic objectivity. The color of his pictures is applied with quick and quick brush strokes and occasionally impasto, and the motifs of his pictures are repeatedly alienated by graffiti elements. In terms of subject matter, Keil prefers human figures, portraits, urban scenes, landscapes and still lifes with flowers. Keil's emotional painting is primarily carried by a desire for liberation from social constraints and conventions.
Acryl on hardboard
Signed
Handmade frame with shadow gap
Size 75 x 55 cm
Provenance | Artists atelier, Private collection Germany
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