About Robert Funk Fine Art
Robert Funk Fine Art LLC shows an eclectic group of artworks based on the quality of each work rather than a trend. "I look for artists who clearly have their own style. That may sound simplistic but very few artists have one". Director Robert Funk's years of experience bring a multi-perspective approach to presenting art. He had good teachers. 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...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Oriental Cooking Book Illustration Food Cornucopia
By Lillian Chestney
Located in Miami, FL
The present work is the cover of The Complete Book of Oriental Cooking by Myra Waldo (Bantam, 1960). Female illustrator Lillian Chestney paints a cornucopia of nourishing edibles in ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
The King Visits the Villagers from the The Golden Serpent
By Alice and Martin Provensen
Located in Miami, FL
Husband-and-wife illustration phenoms team up to produce another highly stylized yet charming visual narrative that speaks not only to children but also to anyone with a curious mind...
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Illustration Board
Kewpies Playing Leapfrog Woman's Home Companion Illustration
By Rose Cecil O'Neill
Located in Miami, FL
Rose Cecil O'Neill captures four Kewpies playing Leapfrog and frolicking with abundant playful energy. The work was published in a full page of Kewpies in the April 1912 issue of Th...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Lunstrom Prefabricated House, 1949. Gelatin silver print, Signed, titled, Dated
By Arnold Newman
Located in Miami, FL
Arnold Newman (1918-2006)
Lunstrom Prefabricated House, 1949
Gelatin silver print, printed later - Edition unknown
8-3/8 x 13 inches (21.3 x 33.0 cm) (image)
Signed, titled, and date...
Category
1940s Abstract Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Police Brutality Cops Beat Protestors at Factory
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Miami, FL
This expressionist painting depicting brutal cops beating workers protesting at a factory comes from the social consciousness of artist Fletcher Martin. The view is close and tight, ...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building, Hayden Planetarium
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building, Hayden Planetarium
The image is part of a new epic exhibition, Mitchell Funk Photographs The Chrysler Building for 50 Years.
The wor...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golfer Swinging, Vintage 7 Up Ad "Get Real Action" in Green and Yellow - Golf
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
This strobe-like dynamic composition with bright and bold colors reflects the energetic taste of the 7 Up brand. It lies somewhere between abstraction and figuration. Peaks' use of b...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board
The Charge of the Light Brigade on Horses Lord Cardigan and Lord Lucan
By Alice and Martin Provensen
Located in Miami, FL
Elegantly painted in a charmingly warm style - Alfred Lord Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade (Golden; Paul Hamlyn, 1964) Signed by th...
Category
1960s Folk Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Construction Workers Painted the Style of Vuillard Post-Impression Les Nabis
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Bob Peak may be America's greatest post-war illustrator. In this earlier work from 1965, the artist paints a street scene of workers in the style of Les Nabis...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Gouache, Board
Wish Not to Be Disturbed for the Duration of Winter - Playboy Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Gahan Wilson was the Master of the macabre, and most of his work is associated with Charles Addams. The beauty of a Gahan Wilson is that is a payoff pu...
Category
1960s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil, Paper
Boxing Scene Painting, Abstract Figurative Art, Signed 1961, 17.6x31.5
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Many in the art world today dismiss illustrators as being commercial simply because their work was done on assignment for a client, rather than for themselves. Sadly, these art world people have limited imagination and a restricted sense of curiosity. Rembrandt and Leonardo were commercial artists. This boxing illustration/painting was done for Sports Illustrated...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Paper
Football Team Sports Action Painting Abstract Expressionism, Sports Illustrated
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Football players cloaked in oversized Browns jackets are seen from behind running off the field. Always the graphic innovator, legendary illustrator Bob Peak creates a radical composition by leaving the bottom two-thirds of the picture plane empty of detail. To convey a sense of motion, Peak uses broad strokes of paint similar to the action painters Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning, who were the dominant force in the fine art world in the 1960s. Clearly, one can see a cross-over influence from Fine Art to commercial illustration as Peak strikes a balance between abstract versus figurative art. This work was done on an assignment for Sports Illustrated...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic, Panel
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