Peter Robert Keil - Junges Berliner Mädchen

*The last living great 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, and also in private collections of wealthy and famous individuals. Peter Robert Keil painted alongside giants like Joan Miró, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, as well as other artists and is therefore often crowned as *The last living big Artist*.
Original and newer works ( originals ) of the artist are scarcely affordable on the world market anymore.

Very beautiful, extraordinary portrait of a young Berlin girl. Studio Berlin 00, a wonderful, decorative collector’s item.

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

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

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

Oil/Acrylic mixed media on canvas.

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Work description:

In this luminous yet poetic portrait, Peter Robert Keil demonstrates his unmistakable ability to fuse personality with spontaneous expressive painting. “Young Berlin Girl” appears modern, direct, and emotionally accessible – almost like an icon of urban metropolitan culture around the turn of the millennium.

The face is reduced to a few powerful shapes and intense color fields: radiant yellow, bright pink, deep blue, and bold black outlines create an extraordinary visual presence. Despite the stylized simplification, the figure possesses a strong individuality and emotional radiance.

The large almond-shaped eyes give the work both attention and calm, while the clear black line work recalls spontaneous drawing, street art, and modern pop aesthetics. In particular, the contrast between the luminous colors and the light background creates an elegant, contemporary effect.

The work fuses the expressive energy of Neo-Expressionism with almost graphic clarity and showcases Keil’s late, reduced visual language of the 2000s.

A painting full of color, youth, and urban modernity.

The composition exudes joy of life, directness, and artistic immediacy – a tribute to color itself and an optimistic statement for any collection.

His artistically gifted mother struggled through the final phase of the war with her son to West Berlin, where they 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 and the works of Pablo Picasso. The painter Otto Nagel, who came from East Berlin, became his mentor from around 1954 and taught him first practical 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, Kunstsinn Gallery, Nuremberg
2005: Boxsler Gallery, Lichtenfels
2006: Public Library, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
2007: Villa Meixner, Collection of the European 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 Rush”, 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", State Majolica Manufactory Karlsruhe
2013: Aufbruch – Latest 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 a guest in Heidelberg Town Hall, Heidelberg Town Hall
2015: "Verleden, heden, toekomst", Waaggebouw Arnhem
2015: Peter Robert Keil as a guest in the Romanesque Cellar, Romanischer Keller Heidelberg
2015: Peter Robert Keil as a guest in the Old Indoor Pool, Altes Hallenbad Heidelberg
2015: "P.R. Keil – the latest Brand", State Majolica Manufactory Karlsruhe
2015: Exhibition in the Museum Room in Wolfsbrunnen, Wolfsbrunnen Heidelberg
2016: art Karlsruhe 2016, Karlsruhe
2016: ART.FAIR, Cologne
2016: Affordable Art Fair 2016, Hamburg
2016: Peter Robert Keil as a 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 Rush 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 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