Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
In the beginnings of his artistic career, Peter Keil's style was influenced by German Expressionism. In the paintings from his early Berlin years, he mainly focused on typical big city settings and characters on the fringes of society. However, his style changed visibly at the beginning of the 60s when he lived in Paris for a while and emerged in the city's nightlife.
Keil increasingly parted with his realistic approach and developed a new, much more spontaneous and dynamic painting style which he developed further during his years in London and finally during his time as one of the "Berliner Neue Wilden" at the beginning of the 80s. Since then, the use of intensive to lurid colors and the absence of realistic representation have become characteristic of his painting style.
In Keil's paintings, the color is applied with quick brushstrokes and occasionally with impasto techniques and the images are additionally abstracted by the use of graffiti elements. He prefers to paint human figures, portraits, big city scenes, landscapes and still-life images of flowers. His emotional way of painting is mainly driven by a desire for freedom from social constraints and conventions. In the past 50 years, Keil has created numerous large- and small-scale paintings in oil and mixed media on canvas but also some sculptures in wood and steel and a great number of majolicas.
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1980s Expressionist Vintage Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Plexiglass
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Fiberglass
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Plaster
20th Century Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Plaster, Hardwood, Paint
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Chrome
1890s French Victorian Antique Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Wood
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Wood
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Fabric, Wood
1880s French Antique Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Iron
Early 20th Century French Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Plaster, Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Steel
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Aluminum
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
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Plaster
1980s Expressionist Vintage Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Canvas
1980s Modern Vintage Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Canvas
1980s German Modern Vintage Peter Keil Figurative Sculptures
Fiberglass