Peter Robert Keil - Andy Warhol

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, and also in private collections of the rich and well-known. Peter Robert Keil painted beside figures such as Joan Miro, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, and other artists, and is therefore often crowned as The last living big Artist.
Early and new works (originals) by the artist are hardly affordable on the world market anymore.

Very beautiful, exceptional portrait of Andy Warhol. Studio Berlin 00, a fantastic decorative collector’s object.

Dimensions without frame: H: 70 cm x W: 50 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 reflection).

Oil/acrylic mixed media on canvas.

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Artwork description:

With this expressive portrait, Peter Robert Keil pays a powerful and at the same time elegant homage to the pop art pioneer Andy Warhol. The work combines expressive spontaneity with iconic pop culture and ranks among the most striking artist portraits from Keil’s later creative phase.

The face appears strongly stylized and asymmetrically constructed – a typical characteristic of Keil’s expressive visual language. The intense juxtaposition of bright yellow, deep black, strong red, cool blue, and pale white creates an extraordinary visual tension and gives the painting an almost electric presence.

Particularly prominent are the oversized eyes and the dark, graphically reduced hairstyle, which immediately recalls Warhol’s iconic appearance. The clear black lines structure the work like a spontaneous drawing and give the portrait immediate emotional power.

The strong color contrast between the light and dark half of the face also evokes stage, photography, and media staging – themes that also shaped Warhol’s own work. Keil transforms the famous artist figure not into a realistic likeness, but into an expressive symbol of modern art culture.

The work reads as a visual dialogue between two worlds: Warhol’s Pop Art and Keil’s Neo-Expressionism.

The composition exudes liveliness, immediacy, and artistic directness – a homage to color itself and an optimistic statement for any collection.

His artistically gifted mother struggled to move to West Berlin with her son toward the end 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 his 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 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 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", Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe
2013: Awakening – 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 visiting Heidelberg Town Hall, Heidelberg Town Hall
2015: "Verleden, heden, toekomst" (Past, present, future), Waaggebouw Arnhem
2015: Peter Robert Keil visiting the Romanesque Keller, Romanesque Keller Heidelberg
2015: Peter Robert Keil visiting the Old Pool, Old Pool 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 visiting 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, 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