1969
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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Untitled
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Derek Aylward Title: Untitled Size: 24 × 18 in (Framed: 26 x 20 Inches) Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Edition: Original Year: 2020 Notes: Hand...
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Larissa De Jesús Negrón Title: Untitled Size: 13 1/2 x 11 inches (34.3 x 27.9 cm) Medium: Mixed Media on Paper Edition: Original Ye...
Paper, Mixed Media
Diary Notes
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Trude Viken Title: Diary Notes Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 11.75 x 9 Year: 2022 Notes: Hand Signed and Dated on Verso. Custom Framed 13 x 11 Inches. Residing and creating in Oslo, Norway, Trude Viken defies artistic constraints as a 'colorist' of boundless imagination. Her canvases overflow with a mesmerizing fusion of flesh-toned hues, ashy grays, and enigmatic greens, juxtaposed with vibrant reds, oranges, yellows, and luminous pinks. The lingering aroma of oil paint fills the air, while her palette, comprising both earthly and otherworldly shades, simultaneously evokes feelings of sensuality and unease. Viken's art beckons an engaged audience to appreciate its tactile presence—a landscape crafted from the very essence of oil paint itself. In this regard, her creations resemble ever-changing weather patterns, as capricious as human moods. A visage morphs into a verdant, follicled mass, with a bubblegum-pink foundation, while white brushstrokes mimic the contours of clouds or wings. Her portraits, born from the ordinary, evolve into reveries that articulate our innermost experiences and our most tangible emotions, captivating us with their profound psychological depth. With Viken's deft touch, layers of oil paint transmute into swirling eyes, noses, mouths, ecstatic grins, or sly smirks, culminating at her discretion. Rows of contorted, molded faces...
Canvas, Oil
Study
By James Ulmer
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: James Ulmer Title: Study Medium: Flashe on Canvas Size: 12 x 9 Inches Year: 2021 Notes: Hand Signed Signed and Dated on Verso. Originally Exhibit...
Vinyl
Untitled
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Matija Bobicic Title: Untitled Size: 23 x 29 Inches (Framed: 24.5 x 30.5 inches) Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Edition: Original Year: 2018 Not...
Canvas, Acrylic
Portfolio 10 Master Prints #2
By Sandro Chia
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Sandro Chia Title: Untitled 2 Medium: Carborundum etching with hand coloring on handmade paper, each piece is unique Size: 38.3.5 x 50 Inches Signed: Hand Signed Edition: 3...
Etching
Couple
By David Messer
Located in New York, NY
Signed. Signed again and dated on the reverse. The estate of the artist
Oil
The Fun Couple, Contemporary Figurative Abstract by Michael Eggleston
By Michael Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
The Fun Couple, Contemporary Figurative Abstract Fun and imaginative contemporary abstracted figurative oil painting by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggleston (American, 20...
Canvas, Oil
Couple, Original Painting
By Gail Ragains
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two figures stand side by side. Their faceless features strip away their identity, focusing on their presence and connection. Simple, strong shapes express thei...
Acrylic
Two Figures
By Enrique Kico Govantes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Two Figures" is an oil on canvas, by artist Enrique (Kico) Govantes, Cuban born 1957. It is signed, at the lower right corner, also s...
Oil
The Fun Couple, Contemporary Figurative Abstract
By Michael Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
The Fun Couple, Contemporary Figurative Abstract Fun and imaginative contemporary abstracted figurative oil painting by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggleston (American, 20...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
French Contemporary art By Rachel Yedid - Couple 1
By Rachel Yedid
Located in Paris, IDF
Charcoal on paper Rachel Yedid is a French multidisciplinary artist born in 1977 who lives and works between Paris, France & Jerusalem, Israel. She grew up marked by a severe autoim...
Paper, Charcoal
