PETER KEIL SIGNED MANNEQUIN WITH COA, ACRYLIC PAINTING

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Double your traffic. THIS AUCTION IS FOR A MANNEQUIN BY PETER ROBERT KEIL. DESCRIPTION: THIS VASE WAS ACQUIRED FROM THE PAINTER HIMSELF. THE MANNEQUIN IS DECORATED WITH TWO FACES, WITH VIVID COLORS, AS USUAL IN ALL PETER KEIL'S PIECES OF ART IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION SIGNED PETER KEIL COMES WITH COA ARTIST: PETER ROBERT KEIL Peter Keil was born in Züllichau in the Neumark (now in Poland ). His family had to move after the death of his father to West Berlin, where he grew up. Young Keil was fascinated by the books he found in the art section of the local library. There he admired the works of the Expressionists and of Pablo Picasso . In the beginning, Keil studied and copied the style of the great master Picasso whom he met in Spain much later. At the age of 15 in 1957 Keil met the painter Otto Nagel , who became his first teacher and mentor. Nagel introduced Keil to painting techniques, taught him realistic painting, and how to deal with colors. As a young man, Keil accompanied Nagel on his tours of Berlin's back streets. They often painted from nature and the young Keil learned to see his neighborhood with the eyes of an artist. Teaching him the painter's craft and introducing him to outdoor painting, Nagel also influenced his motifs as well as his color palette. Later, he studied at Berlin's "Akademie fur Bildende Künste" ( read more