Peter Robert Keil - Rainer Fetting

The last living big Artist
Peter Robert Keil is one of the best-known and top contemporary painters and sculptors in Germany. Keil is famous for his bold and beautiful paintings that capture the essence of life. His works can be found all over the world in museums, galleries, and also in private collections of the wealthy and famous. Peter Robert Keil painted alongside giants such as Joan Miró, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, as well as other artists and is therefore often hailed as “The last living big Artist.”
Original and new works by the artist are hardly affordable on the world market anymore.

Very beautiful, extraordinary depiction of the artist Rainer Fetting. Studio Berlin 00, a wonderful decorative collectible.

Dimensions without frame H: 75 cm x W: 55 cm

Original artwork on canvas by the artist Peter Robert Keil with certificate of authenticity and gallery stamp.

The colors in the images may vary slightly (e.g., due to light reflections).

Oil/acrylic mixed media on canvas.

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Work description:

A powerful portrait as a homage to the Berlin art scene:
With “Rainer Fetting – Berlin,” Peter Robert Keil honors one of the formative representatives of the Neue Wilden (Neo-Expressionists) and also makes a statement for the expressive Berlin of the 1970s and 1980s.

The face is divided in two—the pink meets cool blue. The strong contrasts reflect tension, energy, and artistic friction. The bright yellow background intensifies the presence of the figure, while the black contouring gives Keil’s work its unmistakable signature. The cigarette motif stands for studio atmosphere, bohemianism, and the urban lifestyle of Berlin.

A painting with immediate impact—raw, direct, and self-confident.

The composition exudes joie de vivre, directness, and artistic immediacy—a homage to color itself and an optimistic statement for any collection.

His artistically gifted mother fought her way with her son to West Berlin in the final phase of the war, where they settled after the war. There Keil grew up in the working-class district of Berlin-Wedding and soon developed an interest in painting—especially in expressionist artists and in the works of Pablo Picasso. The painter Otto Nagel, who came from East Berlin, became his mentor from around 1954 and taught him early craft skills and painting techniques.

1962: First solo exhibition at the Art Gallery, London
1964: Rotebro Gallery, Sweden
1965: Great Berlin Art Exhibition
1966: Great Berlin Art Exhibition
1980: Dr. Friedmann Gallery, Israel
1985: Wewerka Gallery, Berlin
1986–1990: Free Berlin Art Exhibition, Messehallen, Berlin
1993: Carousel Gallery, Dania, Florida, USA
1998: Aventura Art Gallery, Aventura, Florida, USA
1999: Höckner Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
2000: Exhibitions in Paris, Amsterdam, London
2001–2005: Intercontinental Hotel Berlin
2002: International Art Fair, Frankfurt
2003: Sixty Years of Peter Robert Keil, Galerie Kunstsinn, Nuremberg
2005: Boxsler Gallery, Lichtenfels
2006: Public Library, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
2007: Villa Meixner, Collection of the KulturForum Europa, Brühl/Baden
2007: Kessler Corporation, Orlando Florida, Savannah, Georgia, USA
2008: The Hurn Museum, Savannah, USA
2010: Keil-Collection Heidelberg, Lange Nacht der Museen, Heidelberg
2010: Edna Hibel Fine Art Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
2011: Keil-Collection Heidelberg, Lange Nacht der Museen, Heidelberg
2012: Retrospective “Life in a Color Rush,” Schwetzingen Palace, Orangery
2012: Keil ArtCollection Marburg, Night of Art, Marburg
2012: “Ladies Night at Paris Bar,” Keil ArtCollection Marburg, Marburg City Festival
2012: “Teufelswerk,” Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe
2013: Aufbruch – Recent Works from the Heidelberg Phase, Alte Feuerwache Heidelberg
2014: Current Works, Berlin, Temporary Gallery Potsdamer Straße
2014: New Keil Works, Keil Collection Heidelberg, Heidelberg
2014/2015: Peter Robert Keil visiting the Heidelberg Town Hall, Heidelberg Town Hall
2015: “Verleden, heden, toekomst” (Past, Present, Future), Waaggebouw Arnhem
2015: Peter Robert Keil visiting the Romanesque Keller, Romanischer Keller Heidelberg
2015: Peter Robert Keil visiting the Old Indoor Pool, Altes Hallenbad Heidelberg
2015: “P.R. Keil – the newest Brand,” Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe
2015: Exhibition in the museum room at Wolfsbrunnen, Wolfsbrunnen Heidelberg
2016: art Karlsruhe 2016, Karlsruhe
2016: ART.FAIR, Cologne
2016: Affordable Art Fair 2016, Hamburg
2016: Peter Robert Keil visiting the Galerie P13, Heidelberg
2017: art Karlsruhe 2017 - one artist show, Karlsruhe
2017: Solo Exhibition New Jersey, USA
2017: Red Art Salon, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden
2017: Affordable Art Fair 2017, Hamburg
2017: Studio Exhibition Banyalbufar, Mallorca
2017: Solo Exhibition “Life in a Color Rush 2,” Heidelberg Castle
2018: art Karlsruhe 2018 - one artist show, Karlsruhe
2018 Affordable Art Fair Hamburg / Affordable Art Fair Brussels
2019 art Karlsruhe, Galerie P 13
2019 Affordable Art Fair Hamburg / Affordable Art Fair Brussels
2021 Visiting residence at Xylon Museum Schwetzingen
2022 Artist-in-residence Xylon Museum Schwetzingen
2022 Studio exhibition Xylon Museum Schwetzingen
2022 “IchFarbe - ein Maler sagt ich” - Anniversary exhibition at Heidelberg Castle