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Robert Funk Figurative 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.
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Artist: Robert Funk
Muscular Male and Leggy Female Figure on the Roof
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This is a self-portrait with a 1950s girly cut-out set against a dramatic tropical sky. It's is a straight shot. The camera is on a tripod while the photographer slides over to bec...
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1980s Surrealist Robert Funk Figurative Photography

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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 ...
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1970s Conceptual Robert Funk Figurative Photography

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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...
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1970s American Realist Robert Funk Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Art Deco Nude Porcelain Women and Ballerina Dancers in Classic Poses Blond Girl
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Blond girls, Nude and scantily clad feminine figures, and ballerina dancers, with delicate, refined fingers and toes, are captured in idealized poses with soft pastel colors. In the most graceful pose, a beautiful blue-eyed blonde girl is captured on her tiptoes with outstretched arms. Signed, dated and numbered 3/15 recto, unframed, another size available- printed later - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper - There is an intentional light grain to the film. Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...
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2010s Art Deco Robert Funk Figurative Photography

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Inkjet, 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 attracted to the peacock's ...
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2010s Vienna Secession Robert Funk Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Purple Peacock- God's Most Beautiful Creation
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Arguably the Peacock is God's most beautiful creation. He is captured strutting and displaying his dreamy iridescent plumage. Robert Funk is a photog...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Robert Funk Figurative Photography

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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...
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1970s American Realist Robert Funk Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Classical and Art Deco Bronze and Marble Statues in Monochromatic Light
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In this photograph " Classical and Art Deco Bronze and Marble Statues in Monochromatic Light" the traditional elegance of classical and art deco forms expressed in bronze and marble...
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2010s Art Deco Robert Funk Figurative Photography

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Inkjet, Photographic Paper

Palm Trees Turn Purple - Miami Beach
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Trees Turn Purple - Miami Beach Shot with a Hi-res 36 megapixel camera which yields beautiful detail. The true color is most accurate in the 1st image when you expand it to the lar...
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2010s American Modern Robert Funk Figurative Photography

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Inkjet

Lion Male in Majestic Mauve
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 Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

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