Wilhelm Heinrich Funk

Wilhelm Heinrich Funk
Self-portrait in The Craftsman, May 1909
Born	(1866-01-14)14 January 1866 Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	1949 (aged 82–83) Munich, West Germany
Alma mater	Academy of Fine Arts, Munich Art Students League of New York
Known for	Paintings
Style	Portrait

Wilhelm Heinrich Funk (1866–1949) was a German-American portrait painter.[1]

Early life

Funk was born Hanover, Germany, on 14 January 1866.[2] He was educated in the state schools of his native land, and came to the United States of America after his father's death in 1885.[3]

He studied at the Art Students' League, New York City.[4]

Career

From 1891 to 1896, he was a pen and ink artist on staff of the New York Herald, also contributing to Scribner's, Century, Harper's, Judge, Truth and other magazines of the day. During this period he went to Europe every year and studied in the galleries of the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Italy and France, especially the masters of the 16th century.[5]

He then devoted attention to portrait painting, and painted portraits of several members of the royal families of Germany and Britain, and many well-known men and women in the United States and in France.[6] He was an especial member of the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.[3] Funk first attracted attention by a pen-portrait of the actor Edwin Booth.

Gallery

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  In The Sketch, 17 January 1900
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  Portrait of Henry Isaac Barbey, by Funk, 1903
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  Portrait of Mary Lorillard Barbey, by Funk, 1904

Notes

1. AskART staff 2014.
2. "Wilhelm Heinrich Funk Hanover, Germany 1866 - 1949". www.harvardartmuseums.org. Harvard Art Museum. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
3. Rines 1920.
4. "Portraits by Wilhelm Funk". The New York Times. 5 January 1902. p. 24. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Men and Women's Portraits.; Exhibition of Landscapes and Likenesses by Wilhelm Funk". The New York Times. 7 January 1904. p. 8. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Wilhelm Funk's Portraits.; A German-American Artist Who Has Steadily Advanced in Skill". The New York Times. 17 February 1907. p. 12. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

References

• AskART staff (2014). "Wilhelm (Heinrich) Funk". AskART.

Attribution

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Funk, Wilhelm Heinrich" . Encyclopedia Americana.
• 1 artwork by or after Wilhelm Heinrich Funk at the Art UK site

External links

• Sir Casper Purdon Clarke by Funk, c. 1906, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art