Helene Funke (3 September 1869 – 31 July 1957) was a German-Austrian painter and graphic designer of modern times.
From 1905 and until 1913, she lived in France and then moved to Vienna until her death.
In 1918 she became a member of the artist group “movement” or “free movement” (from 1919). In addition, she was a member of the group of Viennese women’s art. In 1928 she received the Austrian State Prize for the picture Tobias and the Angel . “Their pictures often show women’s groups or women’s couples and represent a differentiated examination of the topic of femininity.” (Geheimsache Leben, 2005)
In 1957, Helene Funke died in her apartment in Vienna.
Funke was then rediscovered in 1998 with a first retrospective at Kunsthandel Hieke and then in 2007, during an extensive retrospective in Lentos, Linz. In 2018, she was exhibited in her birthplace, Chemnitz, Germany.
Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938 at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. via Wikipedia
Oil on canvasboard
Oil on wood, 32 x 41 cm
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