Mitchell Funk Art
American, b. 1950
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of color photography. In 1970, he participated in one of the first color photography shows at the Brooklyn Museum titled “Images en Couleur." In 1971, he was included in the visionary books Frontiers of Photography and Color (Life Library of Photography), both published by Time-Life. He has done more than 50 photography magazine covers, including covers for Newsweek and Life.
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Artist: Mitchell Funk
Follow The Light - Abstract Photography Golden Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk follows the light. Come along with him and become illuminated. Ephemeral rays of golden light strike an Upper East Side pre-war facade under renovation. The resulting...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Chic Fashion Model with Fireworks Explosion of Color - Monochromatic
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A chic, high-fashion model clad in high heels and a chic hat holds a refreshing drink as she sits on a pedestal. She is depicted in silhouette as a burst of zoomed fireworks explode...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
San Francisco Victorian Row Houses in First Light and Billowing Clouds
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco's famous Victorian Row Houses are soaked in the golden light of early morning. The dramatic clouds above take on the same color scheme of th...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Golden Gate Bridge with Vista of San Francisco in Pastel Pinks
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Taken from Bernal Heights, San Francisco, Signed, dated lower and numbered 2-15 lower right recto, unframed, other sizes available, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art pape...
Category
2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Inkjet
The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas Neon , 1974, Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This photograph is of old Last Vegas - The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974
The work is signed, dated number lower right 3/15. It's printed later, unframed and
other sizes are available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Roof Top Jazz Trumpet Player Celebration of Life, Fireworks in New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A celebration of Life is symbolized by a rooftop Black Jazz Musician hitting the high note just as a fireworks display lights up the New York sky. Signed ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Manhattan Window Reflections in Red and Blue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a Street Photographer who shoots gritty themes that come out beautifully. In "Manhattan Window Reflections," a typically drab street scene is transformed into a vivi...
Category
2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
A Contrast of Two Art Styles - Graffiti Bus & Blue Umbrella on Rainy Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A contrast of two art styles describes this street photograph. A school bus-covered chaotic brush-stroked graffiti is juxtaposed with a symmetrical, color field-like umbrella compose...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Messiah is Hear" with Godly Light, Celestial Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A New York City street sign is viewed from the back. Posted to it's metallic surface are two street bills featuring a religious figure in a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
All American Favorites: Husky Dogs and Clint Eastwood in Times Square
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Assisted by the right angle and right light, Street Photographer Mitchell Funk designs an image of Times Square Billboards that is as abstract as it is representational. Two huskies ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bowery Street Scene with Abstract Graffiti
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A 19th-century red fire call box is smothered in street advertisements and graffiti. It dominates the left half of the composition. Behind i, a street-l...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Poetic Light Skims off Tennis Court with Running Dog
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dawn's skimming light illuminates a New York City urban park and is captured from a high vantage point. The colors and long shadows make the image as abstract as it is representation...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Top, Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the is photograph "Chrysler Building Top Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver", the photographer makes a statement about new and old architectural forms.
Signed dated and number...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Free Spirited Asian Female Dancing Outdoors against Green Background
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A young woman expresses an internal moment of joy and free expression as she strikes a spontaneous dance pose in Central Park. The scene is a captured moment by street photographer M...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Man Tree Duet
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It's a dance performed by man and nature. Both gesture in unison as a pair. Defined by their dark expressive outlines, these shadows are revealing the true nature of the objects t...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Las Vegas Shopping Center Bonanza by Mitchell Funk Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mithcell Funk embraces his long-held graphic aesthetic highly keyed bold colors and strong design, while late afternoon light skims across the surface of an empt...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Two African American Women Shine in Pink and Orange on Easter Day Parade
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Punchy pink and outrageous orange outfits shine as brightly as the subject smiles in this street photograph taken on Fifth Avenues Easter Day Parade.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dogs are Part of the Landscape of Our Lives
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
First light skims across the pavement of a Manhattan basketball court. The intense gaze of a dog at attention punctuates a complex interplay of shadows and surface detail of lines ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Spire New York Art Deco Skyscraper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Since 1969 Mitchell Funk has been photographing the Chrysler Building in dramatic and novel ways. This recent image incorporates the Chrysler Building's pointy neighbor, the supertall skyscraper One Vanderbilt. Its modern spire harmonizes with the 1930 soaring Art Deco icon. Notice how Funk incorporates accents of yellow that offsets the twilight blue. The entire image is accented by a cozy moon that consummates the composition.
Signed and dated on the lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 other size available, unframed, Printed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper.
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" show...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
French Poodle Central Park - Dog in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
:ate golden light transforms a dog into a graphic black shape that seems to float in magical landscape. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 Printed later, other...
Category
1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Two Dog Friends in Golden Light - French Poodle
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Golden Light defines two dogs as they have a head-to-head in a Manhattan park. Color Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the scene with a spontaneity and freshness from a rooftop van...
Category
2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Vintage Car Against Colorful Striped Yellow Wall - Primary Colors
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
To a color photographer, color is a creative resource unto itself.
In a blandscape of dull grays and browns, the hyper-bright yellow wall with prim...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Abstract View Of Crowds On Fifth Avenue, New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Crowds of people in blurred motions on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated, and numbered 2/15, lower...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Pink Orange Sunset on Hazy Moody Sky Billionaires Row like Monet Polluted Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Climate Change can be beautiful. Wildfires from Canada created an orange smoke field that blanked New York City. For a photographer, air pollution was an aesthetic gift. Perched on ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sailboats in New York Harbor with Silver Water and Silver Light WTC
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
When light illuminates the city, there is a good chance you will find Mitchell Funk at the ready to capture it. Glistening light skims off the water's surface, turning it light blu...
Category
1970s Modern Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Colorful Victorians in Alamo Square, San Francisco, Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mithcell Funk celebrates the colorfully painted Victorians in Alamo Square with a color photograph that reveals the true character of the architecture. It's a jo...
Category
2010s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Saturated Blue Sky Small Town, Early Color Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Like William Eggleston, Mitchell Funk is an early trailblazer of color photography with unexpected images created in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This image shows a close-up of a ...
Category
1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Running Dogs in New York City Early Morning Light adorned in Blues and Greens
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dogs are a wonderful and joyful gift to us all. ln a continuing series, Mitchell Funk explores the dog's playful nature and captures it in dramatic early morning light. The magic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New York City Abstraction - Street Photography: Literally
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. From an elevated vantage point, Street Photographer Mitchell Funk shoots down on a busy midtown Manhattan street and composes the image so that it's as...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Interracial Friends Lost in Thought in a Brooklyn Playground
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk uses of a 500mm telephoto lens to capture the two subjects lost in thought. Selective focus throws the background out of focus and creates a dreamy...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Trees On Foggy Lane In East Hampton New York - Mutted Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Car lights on foggy street in East Hampton N.Y
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Other siz...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Monochromatic Golden Gate Bridge in Fog, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It's a moody moment of monochromatic minimalism. Iconic San Francisco is depicted with utter simplicity. The Golden Gate bridge is stripped of color and form and is reduced to a f...
Category
1990s Minimalist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sanctuary of Peaceful Yellow Tulips Red Tulips Blooming in Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In this Mitchell Funk photograph, The Central Park Conservancy of Flowers is bursting into bloom with the seductive color of yellow tulips and red tulips. In the upper left-hand cor...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Shirtless Man with Hat Against Pink Wall Chelsea, Manhattan - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unexpectedly bright magenta wall serves as a background for a hatted passerby. In 1970 very few people were shooting in color, and just a handful of photographers exploited the co...
Category
1970s Street Art Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Covid-19 New York City, Empty Park Avenue no Traffic Except a Lone Motorcycle
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk
Covid-19 New York City, Empty Park Avenue with no Traffic Except a Lone Motorcyclist
Inkjet Archival Print
43 × 29 in
Signed, dated lower and numbered 2/15 lower right...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Inkjet
Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue Central Park South with Kelly Green Roof
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Plaza Hotel in New York City looks differently in this detailed view. Photographer Mitchell Funk has honed in on a less studied part of the historic French Renaissance-inspired ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sailboats , Marina District, San Francisco - Blue Water , Blue Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
White sailboats form a beautiful pattern in San Fransico Bay. The shapes of Sailboats in San Francisco dot the bay and are echoed by Cumulus clouds
Signed and dated on the lower r...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Sun Reflector with old men in the park. Vintage New York Street Scene
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The glorification of light was an early theme Mitchell Funk employed in his street photography. Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Row Victorian Houses in Mission District San Francisco, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
THis cassic view of beautiful painted Victorian architecture in San Francisco was inspired during Queen Victoria's reign. The print is signed, Dated, number Lower left 4/15 recto, u...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brooklyn Heights Promenade in Golden Light - Magical Light - Edward Hopper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This early work by street photographer Mithcell Funk, shows a lone woman gazing out from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The whole image in ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Primary Colors in Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Bright reds, yellows, blue and green stripes adorn a wall in lower Manhattan. Chairs of the same color scheme line the street and have an older woman with a scarf covering her face. ...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Museum Mile, Manhattan Nocturne
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A movie is being shot on the streets of New York. High power "Klieg Light " blow out the background while street light act as fill. The rain pours down ...
Category
2010s Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Downtown Manhattan Skyline with Graffiti Wall, Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The towering glass skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan are framed by a colorful rooftop graffiti wall in this captivating photograph by street photographer Mitchell Funk .
The fine art p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Pigment
Psychedelic Forrest
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk. He was Color when Color wasn't Cool.
Conceptualized and executed in 1971, when color photography was not recognized as fine art, this group of abstract, negative colo...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Head Shop East Village New York City, Hippie Era
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Urban Art Bus Driver, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street art come to the intersection of street photography.
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fin...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Astor Place Subway Kiosk, Cooper Union Station
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Astor Place Subway Kiosk, Cooper Union Station depicts a juxtaposition of contrasting architectural styles from different centuries. In the foreground, i...
Category
2010s Modern Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Miami Beach Lifeguard Tower
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Miami Beach lifeguard tower with parasailing in the background.
. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, da...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Neon Bar Sign Glow on Moody Manhattan Nocturne
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Manhattan Nocturne by Mitchell Funk. The colors are the music of the night. The image is a stunning example of the artist’s blending of the abstract and representational.
Signed, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Posing Pigeons. Manhattan in Neutral Colors Grey and Gray Birds
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A formal and highly balanced composition based on the random positions of pigeons caught the eye of street photographer Mitchell Funk. Each pigeon has it's own pose and personality. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Street Photography with Chairs and Pedestrians
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Master of design, light, and composition, Street Photographer Mitchell Funk outdoes himself with this visually intriguing image of street patterns created by raking light. The line...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Top Of Chrysler Building Against Dramatic Clouds
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Chrysler Building art deco skyscraper.
Shipping should be around $100. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Inkjet
Heard of Elephants on African Plane at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Silhouetted elephants trek across a desolate African landscape are backlit by a soulful sunset. Color photographer Mitchell Funk pushes the boundaries of animal portraiture with a pr...
Category
1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
San Francisco Skyline Blue Sky and One Big Cloud, Landscape Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco Skyline with Blue Sky is depicted in a artfully way.
One big puffy cloud hovers over the skyline of San Francisco and is counterbalanced by a big puffy area of fog. Th...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Snow Coke
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Delicious ice-cold, Coca-Cola. Have a Coke and a Smile.
Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 2 /10, Unframed, Other sizes available.
This work is printed on fi...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Art Deco Skyscraper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Architecture becomes an abstract design statement as seen thru the lens of Mithcell Funk
Striking graphic design with found elements is a signature style of Mitchell Funk. He brings...
Category
1980s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Surreal Yellow Nude with Eye
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Extreme close up of a eye combined with a full figure nude in a tight and graphic composition. It's an early in-camera multiple exposure using Ektachrome infra red film during the pr...
Category
1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Inkjet
San Francisco Cable Cars Landscape against Bay Bridge, Urban Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Compositional exactitude and magical gold lighting describe this iconic work of San Franscico
This image is signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are availab...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mitchell Funk art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Mitchell Funk art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, purple, orange and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mitchell Funk in paper, archival paper, pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Mitchell Funk art, so small editions measuring 20 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Bill Jacobson, Carol Inez Charney, and Oz Van Rosen. Mitchell Funk art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,000 and tops out at $185,000, while the average work can sell for $5,500.