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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Painting by Peter Keil, Mid-Century Modern Art, Painted in Paris, 1967, On Paper
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 an artistically talented woman, took her son and struggled her way to West Berlin...
Acrylic
Painting by Peter Keil, Midcentury Art, 1964, Framed, Paper, Signed, Modern 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...
Acrylic
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1967, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Modern 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...
Acrylic, Paper
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1974, Acrylic On Grey Paper, No Frame, Signed, 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...
Acrylic, Paper
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1969, Acrylic on Board, Signed, Modern Art, No Frame
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...
Acrylic, Paper
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1964, Face On Paper, Signed, No Frame, Modern 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...
Acrylic
Midcentury Ink on Paper, by French artist Reynold H. Arnould
By Reynold Arnould
Located in Valladolid, ES
An important and unique painting, "Moai," in ink on paper, by the renowned French artist Reynold Henri Arnould (Le Havre 1919-1980). The work presented here expresses, with powerful...
Paper
Paul Wightman Williams, Midcentury Abstract Mixed Media on Paper, 1944
Located in Norwalk, CT
Paul Wightman Williams, American (20th century). This diminutive mixed-media watercolor, pastel, and ink on paper depicts a haunting abstracted face. It is float-mounted in a faux-g...
Paper
Albert Chubac, Painting, Mixed-Media on Paper, France, circa 1965
By Albert Chubac
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition, Representing two characters, Painting, mixed-media on paper, circa 1965, France. Measures: Height 99 cm, width 81 cm, depth 3 cm. Albert Chubac was b...
Paper
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Painting by Raymond Moretti, 1950s
By Raymond Moretti
Located in Miami, FL
Original painting by Raymond Moretti. Raymond Moretti was a French abstract painter. Combining Hebrew letters, lines, and colors he created dynamic works, which flit in and out of ...
Paint
Albert Chubac Painting, circa 1950, France
By Albert Chubac
Located in Girona, Spain
Large modernist abstract painting by Albert Chubac Water color on paper. Signed work of art with artist seal. Framed. Midcentury abstract modern. France, circa 1950. Good vinta...
Oak, Paint, Paper
Patricia Jean Burg Color Lithograph
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Color Lithograph by Patricia Jean Burg. Canadian artist and printmaker, active in the United States, born 1934. Very decorative work of ar...
Chrome
