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One of Germany's best contemporary painters, Peter Robert Keil’s dynamic
shapes and impressive choice of colors are particularly popular with two
generations of collectors. Once known as ‘the Wild Man of Berlin” for his
unruly locks of hair and energetic art and lifestyle, Keil was one of the
now infamous Neo-Expressionist “Grossen Wilden” (Young Fauves) sharing the
limelight with his friends and storied artists Elvira Bach, Rainer Fetting,
and George BaseIitz. Later, the young Keil developed friendships with fellow
artists Juan Miro, Andy Warhol, and while living and traveling in Spain he
would occasionally exchange comments on art with Picasso and Salvador Dali.
The highly collectable work of Peter Robert Keil can be found at art
exhibitions, museums and galleries, private collections of the rich and
famous, in offices and hotels, as well as some of the leading auction houses
in Europe. A most prolific international artist, Keil now offers special
direct-from-artist pricing to American galleries and collectors interested
in pieces from his private collection of work, past and present.
Keil’s energetic artworks are primarily
oil-based paint on canvas, board, cardboard, ceramic and any other medium
that will transport his vibrant primary colors and keen social commentary.
Admittedly, Kiel’s inspiration is based on his view of man as an essentially
social being. Not restricted by convention or bound by narrow-minded
moralistic self-righteousness, the impassioned painter is free to portray
the reality of our often not-too-subtle interactions with other people in
bars, on the streets, in flea markets, at work and at play in public places
in both Europe and America. While his gritty work does not serve to
illustrate any illusions of candy-colored reality or empty vain beauty, Keil
primarily centers his compositions on the human forms -faces, heads, figures
and torso cutting to the heart of human emotion. With a keen eye to the
super-reality behind the facade, Keil is fascinated by the stories of people
on the fringes of society, those who have been pushed too far — the down and
out, thieves, drug addicts, pimps artists and whores--those characters who
chose an existence on the other side of society.
