Description
Peter Robert Keil: *1942, Züllichau, Brandenburg
Execution: oil on canvas
Date: c. 1985
Dimensions: 81 x 60 cm
Signed: lower left
Provenance: original work from artist’s studio
Peter Robert Keil is a painter and sculptor from Germany. Inspired by the art of the Expressionists, Keil discovered his interest in art as a child. Some years the German painter Otto Nagel became his mentor.
1956: Apprenticeship as an art fitter 1959 – 1961: Studies at the Berlin University of the Arts. During his studies Peter Robert Keil gets acquainted with numerous artists who strongly influence the German art of the post-war period, including Georg Baselitz, Markus Lüperts, Eugen Schönebeck and Joachim Schmettau.
In his paintings, Keil incorporates motifs from nature and city life, including still lifes of flowers, landscapes, and city scenes, as well as such subjects as portraits and human figures. The rich artistic work of Peter Robert Keil includes numerous large and small format oil paintings, as well as sculptures in wood and steel.
