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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Vintage Peter Keil Original Painting Abstract Portrait
By Peter Keil
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Vintage original painting by artist Peter Keil, featuring an abstract portrait on board in a green frame. The painting is signed by the artist, making it a unique one-of-a-kind piece...
Acrylic
$1,650
H 25 in W 19.5 in D 0.2 in
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
$1,650
H 25 in W 19.5 in D 0.2 in
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
$1,450
H 28 in W 22 in D 0.1 in
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
$1,650
H 25 in W 19.5 in D 0.2 in
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1969, Acrylic on Board, 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, Paper
$1,650
H 27.5 in W 19.5 in D 0.25 in
Painting By Peter Keil, Acrylic On Board, "The Lady", Signed, C 1974, 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
$4,500
H 20.75 in W 17.87 in D 1.5 in
Expressionist Portrait by Héctor Najera, Oil on Board, Mexico, 20th Century.;
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Striking Expressionist portrait painting by Héctor Najera (Mexican, 1931–2004), executed in oil on board. Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Najera was known for his emotionally charged, fig...
Wood, Paint
$1,650
H 27.5 in W 19.5 in D 0.2 in
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1974, Lady, Acrylic On Grey Paper, 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...
Acrylic, Paper
$1,650
H 28 in W 20 in D 0.2 in
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Acrylic on Board, 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, Paper
$1,650
H 27.5 in W 19.5 in D 0.2 in
Painting by Peter Keil, Signed, Painted on Grey Board, C 1977, No Frame, Modern
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
Andy Miller Abstract Composition Oil on Canvas with Impasto Details
Located in Astoria, NY
Andy Miller (American, b. 1950), Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas, impasto details, warm browns with pink and yellow accents, with artist's studio stamp to verso, apparently unsig...
Canvas, Paint
Do Jump Perches! Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 20th Century
Located in Astoria, NY
Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), "Do Jump Perches!", Oil on Canvas, in the manner of Cy Twombly (American, 1928-2011), signed and titled verso, unframed. 21.75" H x 23.75" D. Provenance: Property from the collection of the artist. Note: Schuselka studied photography, art history, and theater at the University of Vienna. She moved to New York in 1964. Her work has been exhibited internationally in the United States, Italy, France, and Japan, as well as at the Cracovia Biennial, Yugoslavia, Ibiza Biennial, Spain, and the Sao Paulo Biennial. Her work is part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, and the International Centre of Graphic Arts, Slovenia. Long a regular exhibitor at the famed 55 Mercer Gallery...
Canvas, Paint
Elfi Schuselka "Fall" Contemporary Abstract Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, born 1940) "Fall" contemporary abstract oil on canvas in the manner of Cy Twombly (American, 1928-2011), signed to verso, unfr...
Canvas, Paint
Alfred Jensen Yucatec Oil Painting on Canvas, Mid-20th Century, USA
Located in Astoria, NY
Alfred Julio Jensen (Guatemalan/American, 1903-1981), "Yucatec", Oil on Canvas, 1969, signed, titled, dated, and inscribed with remnants of Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery label to verso. ...
Canvas, Paint
Domenick Capobianco, Surrealist Composition, Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928), Surrealist Composition, Oil on Canvas, depicting an injured man with hat smoking with sunshine in background, apparently unsigned, "Studio Do...
Canvas, Paint
Robert O'Meara Red Green Purple Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Robert O'Meara (American, XX-XXI), Abstract Composition in red, green, and purple, Oil on Canvas, unsigned, unframed. 30" H x 44 " W.
Canvas, Paint
