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PETER KEIL German b.1942 Oil on Board Portrait

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PETER KEIL German b.1942 Oil on Board Portrait
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Oil on board, expressionist female portrait. Signed and attr. Peter Keil (b. 1942). Signature on lower tight corner. Peter Keil's style was influenced by German expressionism. In the works from his early Berlin years, he mainly focused on typical big city settings and characters on the fringes of society. The use of intensive to lurid colours and the absence of realistic representation have become characteristic of his painting style. In his paintings, the colour is applied with quick brushstrokes and occasionally with impasto techniques and the images are additionally abstracted by the use of Graffiti elements. Keil 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. PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario Estate. 23.5 x 15 in