Peter Robert Keil - Georg Baselitz

*The last living big Artist*
Peter Robert Keil is one of the best-known and finest contemporary painters and sculptors in Germany. Keil is known for his bold and beautiful paintings that capture the essence of life. His works are found worldwide in museums, galleries, but also in private collections of the rich and famous. Peter Robert Keil painted alongside figures such as Joan Miró, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, as well as other artists, and is therefore often crowned as *The last living big Artist*.
Early and new works (originals) of the artist are hardly affordable on the world market anymore.

Very beautiful, extraordinary portrait of Georg Baselitz. Studio Berlin 00, a great decorative collector’s item.

Dimensions without frame H: 50 cm x W: 40 cm

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

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

Oil/acrylic mixed media on canvas.

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Work description:

With this impressive portrait, Peter Robert Keil dedicates himself to one of the most important German contemporary artists: Georg Baselitz. The work unites expressive immediacy, reduced formal language, and intense color impact into an exceptionally powerful homage to postwar German art.

The face appears strongly stylized and almost mask-like. Luminous red, intense blue, yellow, pink, and white stand in a tense equilibrium and create a vibrating visual presence. Especially the oversized left eye dominates the composition and immediately draws the viewer into the image.

The striking black lines give the portrait graphical clarity, while the asymmetric facial division generates psychological tension. Despite the apparent simplicity, the work possesses enormous emotional density and monumental impact.

Keil here achieves not only a portrait of Baselitz but also a painterly dialogue between two significant positions of German Neo-Expressionism: spontaneous, raw, direct, and full of energy.

The work appears as a modern art symbol between personality, myth, and expressive abstraction.

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

His artistically talented mother struggled with her son in the final phase of the war as they made their way to West Berlin, where the two 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 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 first 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, 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 “Living in a Color Frenzy”, 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 as a guest in the 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 newest brand", Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur 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 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 "Living in Color Frenzy 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 Residency 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