Wilhelm Heinrich Funk

Wilhelm Heinrich Funk studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Munich and New York City. Work by Wilhelm Heinrich Funk is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums, New York Historical and Bavarian State Painting Collections.

• Name — Wilhelm Heinrich Funk • Born — 14 January 1866 • Birthplace — Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire • Died — 1949 • Place of death — Munich, West Germany • Education — 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.

Funk was born Hanover, Germany, on 14 January 1866. 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. He studied at the Art Students' League, New York City.

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. 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. He was an especial member of the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. Funk first attracted attention by a pen-portrait of the actor Edwin Booth.

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