Peter Robert Keil - Romy Haag im Studio

The last living big Artist
Peter Robert Keil is one of the best-known and finest contemporary painters and sculptors in Germany. Keil is renowned 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 rich and well-known. Peter Robert Keil painted alongside giants like Joan Miró, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, as well as other artists, and is therefore often hailed as The last living big Artist.
Originals of the artist on canvas on the world market are hardly affordable anymore.

Very beautiful, extraordinary portrait of Romy Haag in the studio. Studio Berlin 00, a great decorative collector’s item.

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 pictures may vary slightly (e.g., due to light reflections).

Oil/acrylic mixed technique on canvas.

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Work description:

With “Romy Haag in the Studio,” Peter Robert Keil creates an extraordinary theatrical and at the same time intimate portrait of the legendary Berlin nightlife icon Romy Haag. The work combines expressive painting, glamour, and urban energy into a vibrant composition full of personality and staging.

The figure appears as a blend of stage star, muse, and big-city myth. Bold color fields in bright blue, intense yellow, deep black, pink, and red create explosive visual tension. The asymmetric facial composition and the exaggerated eyes give the work a dramatic presence between theater, fashion, and expressionism.

Especially striking is the half-closed eye with the long blue eyelashes, which gives the figure something both seductive and melancholic. The black silhouette in the foreground enhances the stage effect and recalls lighting, shadow, and staging of a Berlin night club.

Keil’s spontaneous black linework endows the painting with its immediate emotional force. Despite the expressive simplification, the personality of the depicted figure remains clearly palpable: extravagant, self-confident, and iconic.

The work feels like a homage to creative freedom and the eccentric art and club scene of Berlin.

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 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 — especially 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 initial 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, Kunstsinn Gallery, Nuremberg
2005: Boxsler Gallery, Lichtenfels
2006: Public Library, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
2007: Villa Meixner, Collection of the Europe Culture Forum, Brühl/Baden
2007: Kessler Corporation, Orlando Florida, Savannah, Georgia, USA
2008: The Hurn Museum, Savannah, USA
2010: Keil-Collection Heidelberg, Long Night of the Museums, Heidelberg
2010: Edna Hibel Fine Art Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
2011: Keil-Collection Heidelberg, Long Night of the Museums, Heidelberg
2012: Retrospective “Life in a Color Frenzy,” Schwetzinger 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: 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 a Guest in the Heidelberg City Hall, Heidelberg City 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 "Life 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, Gallery 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