His emotional way of painting is mainly driven by a desire for freedom from social constraints and conventions. Since then, the use of intensive to lurid colours and the absence of realistic representation have become characteristic of his painting style. 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" (berlin fauvists) at the beginning of the 80s. 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. In the works from his early berlin years, he mainly focused on typical big city settings and characters on the fringes of society. In the beginnings of his artistic career, keil's style was influenced by german expressionism. Today he mainly lives and works in zimmerau (bavaria, germany), berlin and the united states. From the early 60s on, keil established studios in paris, london, berlin and in the us. During his time in mallorca, he met with joan miró in his studio several times. In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metalworker and between 19, he studied at the university of fine art in berlin. From 1954 on, the east berlin-based painter, otto nagel became his mentor and taught him first craft skills and painting techniques. This is where peter robert keil discovered his interest in painting – particularly in expressionist artists and in picasso's work in particular. His mother, also artistically inclined, took her son and struggled her way to west berlin where they settled. About the artist : peter robert keil (born 1942) was the son of an artist blacksmith whom he lost early in his childhood. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying the listing. The artist signed the work in the lower left and dated it '83. The work is in good overall condition and has been newly framed in a tray. The only constraints here are the boundaries of the painted surface. In that period between the wars, berlin was known to be a place that broke the social conventions of its era.
It was a time of anxiety, but also a time for hedonism, sexual liberties and artistic experimentation. Perhaps keil's artworks conjure the spirit of pre-war berlin. Strangers, friends, acquaintances and imagined characters all appear as subjects in his vivacious artworks.
Big, bold with brash brush strokes painted in exuberant colours is the trademark of the artist. More Man with a hat', oil on board, by peter robert keil (1983). Big, bold with brash brush strokes painted in … Man with a hat', oil on board, by peter robert keil (1983).
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