Peter Keil Paintings
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.
Find original Peter Keil art on 1stDibs.
1960s Contemporary Peter Keil Paintings
Board, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Peter Keil Paintings
Canvas, Paint
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Peter Keil Paintings
Canvas, Paint
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Peter Keil Paintings
Paint, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Peter Keil Paintings
Acrylic, Board
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Peter Keil Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Cardboard
1970s Fauvist Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Peter Keil Paintings
Board, Acrylic
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Peter Keil Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
2010s Contemporary Peter Keil Paintings
Acrylic, Board
1970s Abstract Expressionist Peter Keil Paintings
Acrylic, Masonite
Audrey E. Gabrielson1970s Feminist San Francisco Abstract Expressionist Figurative (Two Sided), 1976
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Keil Paintings
Wood, Acrylic, Board
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Peter Keil Paintings
Cardboard, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Peter Keil Paintings
Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Keil Paintings
Wood, Acrylic, Board
2010s Contemporary Peter Keil Paintings
Board, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Peter Keil Paintings
Canvas, Paint
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Board, Masonite, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Late 20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Peter Keil Paintings
Paint, Paper, Ink
1970s Cubist Peter Keil Paintings
Paint, Board
Mid-20th Century Cubist Peter Keil Paintings
Paint, Board
Mid-20th Century Abstract Peter Keil Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel