Peter Robert Keil - Frau mit Hut

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

Very beautiful, extraordinary portrait of a woman with a hat. Studio Berlin 85, a wonderful decorative collectible object.

Dimensions without frame: H: 67 cm x W: 67 cm

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

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

Oil/Acrylic mixed media on canvas.

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Artwork description:

In this extraordinarily color-intensive work, Peter Robert Keil creates an expressive female portrait full of theatricality, elegance, and spontaneous energy. The figure appears at once playful and monumental—a typical combination of emotional directness and stylized form language, characteristic of Keil’s works from the 1980s.

Particularly dominant is the oversized hat, whose luminous yellow and blue tones act like a graphic frame around the face. The bold black contours structure the image with a almost musical rhythm and give the composition its unmistakable dynamism.

The intense green of the background further enhances the figure’s radiance and makes the colors almost vibrate. The reduced, mask-like physiognomy with large eyes and red lips recalls influences from Expressionism, Pop Art, and modern theater aesthetics.

The white-pink striped coat creates movement and elegance at the same time and endows the work with strong decorative presence. Despite the spontaneous painting style, the composition possesses a remarkable balance between abstraction and figure.

A typical Keil work: impulsive, color-great, and full of immediate visual energy.

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 struggled with her son in the final phase of the war, moving to West Berlin, where the two settled after the war. There Keil grew up in the working-class district of Berlin-Wedding and soon discovered his interest in painting—particularly in expressionist artists as well as the works of Pablo Picasso. The painter Otto Nagel, who came from East Berlin, became his mentor from around 1954 and taught him his first craft skills and painting techniques.

1962: First solo exhibition at 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, Exhibition Halls, 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 Europa Cultural Forum, Brühl/Baden
2007: Kessler Corporation, Orlando Florida, Savannah, Georgia, USA
2008: The Hurn Museum, Savannah, USA
2010: Keil-Collection Heidelberg, Long Night of Museums, Heidelberg
2010: Edna Hibel Fine Art Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
2011: Keil-Collection Heidelberg, Long Night of Museums, Heidelberg
2012: Retrospective “Life in a Color Riot”, Schwetzingen Palace, Orangery
2012: Keil ArtCollection Marburg, Night of Art, Marburg
2012: "Ladies Night at Paris Bar", Keil ArtCollection Marburg, City Festival Marburg
2012: "Teufelswerk", Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe
2013: Breakthrough – 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 as Guest at Heidelberg Town Hall, Heidelberg Town Hall
2015: "Verleden, heden, toekomst" (Past, present, future), Waaggebouw Arnhem
2015: Peter Robert Keil as Guest in the Romanesque Cellar, Romanesque Cellar Heidelberg
2015: Peter Robert Keil as Guest in the Old Indoor Pool, Altes Hallenbad Heidelberg
2015: "P.R. Keil – the latest 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 as Guest in Gallery 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 Color Riot 2", Heidelberg Castle
2018: art Karlsruhe 2018 - one artist show, Karlsruhe
2018 Affordable Art Fair Hamburg / Affordable Art Fair Brussels
2019 art Karlsruhe, Gallery P 13
2019 Affordable Art Fair Hamburg / Affordable Art Fair Brussels
2021 Guest residence at Xylon Museum Schwetzingen
2022 Artist-in-residence Xylon Museum Schwetzingen
2022 Studio exhibition Xylon Museum Schwetzingen
2022 "IchFarbe - a painter says I" - Anniversary exhibition at Heidelberg Castle