Peter Robert Keil - Der Wannsee

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 are found all over the world in museums, galleries, and also in the private collections of the wealthy and famous. Peter Robert Keil painted alongside giants such as Joan Miró, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, and several other artists, and is therefore often dubbed “The last living big Artist.”
Originals of the artist’s early and new works on the world market are hardly affordable anymore.

Very beautiful, exceptional depiction of Wannsee. Studio Berlin 83, a wonderful decorative collector’s object.

Dimensions with frame H: 64.5 cm x W: 79 cm
Dimensions without frame H: 55 cm x W: 70 cm

Original artwork on a board 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 board.

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Work description:

With “Der Wannsee” Peter Robert Keil shows a rare and especially poetic side of his oeuvre. Instead of an expressive portrait, he here dedicates himself to a landscape and lakeside scene that nonetheless bears his unmistakable spontaneous handwriting and powerful color perception.

Several sailboats glide over the deep-blue surface of Berlin’s Wannsee. The white sails rise like elegant vertical forms out of the picture and form a tense contrast to the lively colorfulness of water, shore, and sky.

The opposite shore appears in vivid red, green, yellow, and white tones and becomes a rhythmic band of color between water and sky. The loose, gestural brushwork conveys movement, light, and atmosphere without getting lost in details.

The sailboats function not only as landscape elements but also as symbols of freedom, summer, and movement. The work exudes lightness and optimism and recalls the special atmosphere of Berlin’s Wannsee, one of the city’s best-known recreation areas.

Despite the simplification, the scene remains immediately recognizable and possesses a strong decorative effect.

The composition radiates joie de vivre, immediacy, and artistic spontaneity—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 as well as in the works of Pablo Picasso. The painter Otto Nagel, 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, Trade Fair 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 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 “Leben im Farbrausch,” 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,” State Majolica Manufactory Karlsruhe
2013: Aufbruch – New 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 Keller, 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 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 “Leben im Farbrausch 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: Guest residence at Xylon Museum Schwetzingen
2022: Artist-in-residence Xylon Museum Schwetzingen
2022: Studio exhibition Xylon Museum Schwetzingen
2022: “IchFarbe – ein Maler sagt ich” – Anniversary exhibition at Heidelberg Castle