Peter Robert Keil - Junger Akt

*The last living big Artist*
Peter Robert Keil is one of the best-known contemporary German painters and sculptors. Keil is renowned for his bold and beautiful paintings that capture the essence of life. His works are found worldwide in museums, galleries, and also in private collections of wealthy and well-known figures. Peter Robert Keil painted alongside giants like Joan Miró, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, among others, and is therefore often hailed as *The last living big Artist*.

Very beautiful, extraordinary portrayal of a young woman. Studio Berlin 82, a wonderful decorative collector’s object.

Dimensions with frame H: 117 cm x W: 54 cm
Dimensions without frame H: 100.5 cm x W: 37 cm

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

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

Oil/acrylic mixed technique on panel.

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Work description:

With “Young Nude,” Peter Robert Keil presents one of the characteristic female figures from his early 1980s creative phase. The work combines expressive freedom, color intensity, and a deliberately reduced formal language into a composition full of life energy and immediate presence.

The standing figure is depicted frontally and almost occupies the entire image plane. The luminous colors – vivid blue, intense green, radiant yellow, pink, red, and white – give the painting an extraordinary radiance. The striking black contours surround the shapes like spontaneous drawings and create the typical dynamism that has made Keil’s work internationally known.

Particularly striking is the large red bow in the hair, which gives the figure a playful, almost theatrical effect. The combination of expressive simplification and monumental representation creates a remarkable balance between humor, sensuality, and artistic freedom.

The intense green background further enhances the figure’s brilliance and makes it practically leap out of the picture. Despite the stylized portrayal, the work conveys a strong human presence and emotional directness.

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

His artistically talented mother fought to move 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 first manual 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, Lange Nacht der Museen, Heidelberg
2010: Edna Hibel Fine Art Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
2011: Keil-Collection Heidelberg, Lange Nacht der Museen, Heidelberg
2012: Retrospective “Life in a Colour Riot,” Schwetzingen Palace, Orangerie
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: Upheaval – Latest Works from the Heidelberg Period, 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 the Heidelberg City Hall, Heidelberg City Hall
2015: "Verleden, heden, toekomst" (Past, present, future), Waaggebouw Arnhem
2015: Peter Robert Keil visiting the Romantics’ Keller, Romanischer 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 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 a Color Riot 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 residency at Xylon Museum Schwetzingen
2022 Artist-in-residence Xylon Museum Schwetzingen
2022 Studio Exhibition Xylon Museum Schwetzingen
2022 "IchFarbe - a Painter Says I" - Jubilee Exhibition at Heidelberg Castle