Robert Funk Portrait Photography
American, b. 1952
Robert Funk pioneered toy, doll, miniature, plastic thingies, and staged photography. He also photographs his paintings. Most of his work is done on location. He does not use Photoshop to strip in images. He doesn’t take photographs. He creates photographs and has works dating from 1973. He was widely published in the 1970s and early 1980s. Currently, he is engaged in a variety of photography projects. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish and then in Graduate School for Art History with famed critic E.C. Goossen. He went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director for Print and TV, Internet Pioneer, Art Collector, and Gallerist.to
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Artist: Robert Funk
The Peacock of Coconut Grove, Animal Photography
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Peacocks roam freely in the streets around Coconut Grove in Miami. Arguably, they are one of nature's most exquisite works of art. They are adorned wit...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Lion Male in Majestic Mauve Pink
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Well-muscled male cat with full mane. He's King of the Jungle even if he's in stone and against a pink background.
The contrast of gritty the stone texture against the smooth flat sky is unexpected and somehow makes the image special.
Signed, dating and numbered 2/15 recto, unframed, another size available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...
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2010s American Modern Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Peacock Blue and Green. Colorful Pheasants
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This close-up of a peacock displaying is defined by late dramatic light.
Robert Funk is a photographer and New York advertising art director for Print and TV. He was widely publishe...
Category
2010s Impressionist Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Peacock displaying in Magenta and Yellow Birds
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The reality is that this is an eye-witness account of a male peacock displaying for the attention of a female peahen. It turns out that humans are equally...
Category
2010s Vienna Secession Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black Cat. Green Eyes
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Besides being mysterious, cats are equally beautiful and unmatched in that regard with anyone else in the animal kingdom. Black Cat. Green Eyes was photogr...
Category
2010s Surrealist Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Classical Roman Bronze Head in thought
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Roman bronze figure after the antique is capture in an introspective moment. Highlights on the eyelids accent the dreamy quality of the gaze. ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet
Peacock Blue and Green. Colorful Pheasant Bird
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This close-up of a peacock displaying is defined by late, dramatic light.
The photographer is lying on his belly in the dirt - inches from the bird to get this intimate upward-look...
Category
2010s Impressionist Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fly to the Sky. Boy Holding Big Bird in the Bronx
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The big bird is a painting. I painted it. It's oil on canvas. I mounted it on plywood and silhouetted it with a jigsaw. I took the silhouetted bird with me on the subway. We each had our own seat on the trip from Brooklyn to the Bronx
The station has changed. In a Google stock image photo, you can see the geniuses have destroyed the beautiful character of the station. The early 20th-century signage and lighting fixtures have been changed by soulless and cheap-looking replacements.
Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...
Category
1970s American Realist Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Peacock in Tree with Iridescent Blue and Green Plumage
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Art by God? If so, the peacock is his most magnificent creation. The bird's majestic and iridescent metallic blues and greens with an endlessly large train are on full display. Th...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Muscle Man and Female Admirer at the Beach - Staged Photography
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A ripped muscleman strikes the pose with an admiring female bystander who holds an oversized pair of prank sunglasses. In reality, the muscleman is a 5-inch cut-out, and the girl is ...
Category
1970s Conceptual Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
1950s Girly Pin-Up Hangs out on Miami Beach in the 1970s
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Besides being a pioneering staged photograph, the composition is unique as well. A five-inch cutout appears to be monumental. The subject fills the pictorial space from the bottom to the top. It dominates the vast beachscape and dwarfs the life-size figures to the lower right. By photographing a reproduction of a person on paper, Funk pushes the boundaries of portraiture in 1977. Robert Funk is a pioneer of Staged Photography. The work is signed, numbered 3/15, dated, and titled lr. printed later, unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy, doll, miniature, plastic thingies and staged photography. He also photographs his own paintings. Most of his work is done on location. He does not use photoshop to strip in images. He doesn’t take photographs he creates photographs and has works dating from 1973. He was widely published in the 1970's and early 1980's. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg...
Category
1970s Surrealist Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Gun Hill Road. Boy Holding a Big Bird - Staged Photography
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The big bird is a painting. I painted it. It's oil on canvas. I mounted it on plywood and silhouetted it with a jigsaw. I took the silhouetted bird with me on the subway. We each had our own seat on the trip Brooklyn to the Bronx
The station has changed. In a google stock image photo, you can see the geniuses have destroyed the beautiful character of the station. The early 20th-century signage and lighting fixtures have been changed by soulless and cheap looking replacements.
Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...
Category
1970s American Realist Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Classical Marble Bust in Profile
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This is a photograph. The Mutted cool and warm greys with desaturated color hair accents update a familiar subject.
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, ot...
Category
2010s Old Masters Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Diana the Huntress
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Close up of art deco bronze of Diana the Huntress with color reflections in super hi-res. Bright magenta and rich blue reflects off of Diana's polis...
Category
2010s Art Deco Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Classical Roman Bronze Head in Thought
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Roman bronze figure after the antique is capture in an introspective moment. Highlights on the eyelids accent the dreamy quality of the gaze. ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Business Man Rises Above the Manhattan Skyline - Staged Photography
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A two-inch plastic toy figure of a suited man is placed on top of an extended firetruck ladder. The toy truck and man are placed on the roof of a Brooklyn Heights building and positioned directly in front of the lower Manhattan skyline. At the time, it was the very center of of world commerce. The two-inch toy man raises above the tallest and most important buildings , including the recently finished World Trade Center Twin Towers. Clearly, this man is above it all and this photo is more than child's play.
The work is signed, numbered 2/15, dated and titled lr. printed later, unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy, doll, miniature, plastic thingies and staged photography. He also photographs his own paintings. Most of his work is done on location. He does not use photoshop to strip in images. He doesn’t take photographs he creates photographs and has works dating from 1973. He was widely published in the 1970's and early 1980's. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg...
Category
1970s Conceptual Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Pecocks in Green and Blue
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Double portrait of colorful peacocks with shimmering plumage set against a verdant background.
Robert Funk is a photographer and New York advertising art director for Print and TV....
Category
2010s Impressionist Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Golden Classical Bronze Head in thought
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Roman bronze figure after the antique is capture in an introspective moment. Highlights on the eyelids accent the dreamy quality of the gaze. Signed, dated and numbered lower rig...
Category
2010s Impressionist Robert Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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