# Peter Robert Keil artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/peter-robert-keil/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T09:25:20.459Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture, Works on paper and prints, Mixed media

## Portrait

![Peter Robert Keil](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Keil_mit_Majolika.jpg/1280px-Keil_mit_Majolika.jpg)
Robin Mischko/Keil-Collection Heidelberg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keil_mit_Majolika.jpg

## About Peter Robert Keil

Peter Robert Keil is a German painter and sculptor born in 1942. International authority records connect his identity across the Library of Congress, German National Library, ISNI, Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, and RKD systems. The supplied sources establish his work as spanning painting and sculpture, while Appraisily's auction index also groups attributed listings under works on paper, prints, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. The collected institutional material does not securely assign Keil to a particular movement, school, or documented series, so those labels should not be inferred from marketplace descriptions alone. Collectors encounter his name across a broad range of object types and price points, making work-level examination especially important. A useful review should distinguish unique works from editions, document the medium and dimensions, inspect signatures and inscriptions, assess condition, and compare the object with auction records that share similar physical and attribution characteristics.

## Common works and media

Auction listings matched to Peter Robert Keil appear across paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. These are auction-index categories rather than a catalogue of authenticated works. For appraisal purposes, record the exact support and medium, dimensions, signature and inscriptions, edition number where relevant, condition, provenance, and any accompanying documentation before choosing comparable sales.

## Market and appraisal context

Peter Robert Keil has an extensive set of matched public auction records in Appraisily's market index, but an individual result should be interpreted through comparable objects rather than a single artist-wide median. Medium, size, date, subject, condition, restoration, signature, inscriptions, edition status, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and attribution confidence can all affect comparability. Recent realized prices are most useful when the selected lots resemble the object being appraised and when reporting conventions, currencies, and buyer-premium treatment are understood. Public results do not necessarily capture private transactions or every auction feed. Authentication and condition review therefore remain separate from price research, and broad category labels should not substitute for an object-specific assessment.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, reporting differences, and later attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/170873970/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15437661
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/peter-robert-keil/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Robert_Keil
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Robert_Keil
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keil_mit_Majolika.jpg