Eugen Funk

Eugen Funk (born May 17, 1911 in Stuttgart ; † January 11, 2004 there ) was a German artist, professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart , graphic designer and typographer .

Life

Eugen Funk graduated from the Württ. Staatl. School of Applied Arts in Stuttgart from 1930 to 1934 under Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler . He was a soldier in World War II. In 1935 he came to prominence as a commercial artist and book independently . From 1937 to 1945, Funk was the studio manager of Union-Druckerei Stuttgart, where he designed the cultural magazine “Standpunkt” (co-founder Hans Weitpert ) as the first illustrated magazine after the war.

In 1949, at the same time as Walter Brudi , he was appointed to succeed Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler's chair as artistic teacher and head of the class for advertising graphics and writing at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart . He was appointed professor in 1950 and retired in 1976. While teaching, Eugen Funk made regular trips and excursions with his students to Holland, Spain, Italy and Yugoslavia; preferred places of inspiration were the Italian Dolomites and the Italian Riviera , especially Marina di Massa . He mainly conveyed graphic and photographic techniques as well as advertising content.

However, only a small group of people knew that Eugen Funk also devoted himself to painting and drawing. He died in January 2004 and left behind a large number of drawings, paintings and calligraphy. His creative and experimental work in the field of photography ( isohelias , solarizations and technical applications), which had a strong influence on his students and commercial graphics, was only preserved in a few examples.

Funk wanted little to do with the usual art scene. He rarely gave his approval for exhibitions. He didn't sell any pictures, he just gave away a few. After his death, his estate was extensively digitized using photographs. Since the beginning of 2011, some of his works have also been documented in a printed catalog in extracts by subject matter.

Eugen Funk is a representative of the so-called Stuttgart School .

His main students include:

• Artists: Eric Carle , Hans Gottfried von Stockhausen , Walter Traus,
• Photographers: Erwin Fieger , Siegfried Himmer, Lothar Klimek , Heinz Lippert, Konrad Winter.
• Communication designers: Hasso Bruse, Jobst von Harsdorf, Günter Leonhardt, Uwe Lohrer , Coordt von Mannstein, Fritz-Dieter Rothacker , Dieter Urban, Peter Wehr

Honorary member of the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart and honorary member of Interart-Galerie Stuttgart, Union of Freelance Artists and Friends of Art Stuttgart.

Book fittings

• Karl Heinz Abshagen: King, Lord and Gentlemen. Influence & Power of the English Upper Class. Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1938.
• Frank Arnau: Jewels made of paper. The rarest and most beautiful postage stamps in the world. Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1966.
• Franz Bauer: Caspar David Friedrich. A romantic painter. A consideration. Published in Gütersloh by: Bertelsmann Lesering, J. Fink, Stuttgart. Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1961.
• Gisela Bonn: look behind the veil. Cotta, Stuttgart 1950.
• Johannes Buchholtz: Dr. Malthe's house; Novel. OT: "Dr. Malthes hus ”, 1940; Cotta'sche Buchhandl. Nachf., Stuttgart undated
• Johannes Buchholtz: Good little town. Stuttgart. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachhaben, Stuttgart 1949.
• H. Clewes: The dictator's child. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1950.
• Paul Eitel: Heinrich Selbander. Novel. Three Towers, Hamburg 1948
• Eugen Fleischer: Dawn in the West. Deportees experience Germany's victory. Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1941.
• Eugen Fleischer: Europe and the new world consciousness. Union DVG, Stuttgart 1942.
• Eugen Funk (Ed.): Magic of the Rose. Colored copper engravings from two centuries. 24 illustrations by 6 masters from the 18th and 19th centuries. Munich, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1970.
• State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. For the 200th anniversary of the academy. The teachers 1946–1961. State Academy of Fine Arts. Stuttgart 1961.
• Eugen Funk, Walter Brudi, Gunter Böhmer. Exhibition of artistic works in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, April 25 to May 20, 1963. Folio. Double sheets u. biographical summary. State Gallery, Stuttgart 1963.
• Eugen Funk (Ed.): You live on in your works. Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1990.
• Jean Giono: The Nonna. Translated from the French by Richard Herre. JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1950.
• Lisa Heiss: Cornelia - A girls' novel. Text drawings: Eugen Funk. Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1941.
• Fritz Helke: The big hour. Stories. UnionsVerlag, Stuttgart 1941.
• Eberhard Hölscher : commercial graphics. Monthly magazine to promote artistic advertising. Twenty-ninth year 1958 / issue 9. Cover design by Eugen Funk. Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1958.
• Hölzel and his circle. Württemberg Art Association. Stuttgart's contribution to 20th century painting. Exhibition catalog. Stuttgart 1961.
• Young world. A yearbook for boys. Tales of war and peace. Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1941.
• Calendar: Master drawings from three centuries for the New Year 1962 Otto Wolf Cologne. Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1961.
• Konrad Kaiser: Adolph Menzel. The painter. On the occasion of Adolph Menzel's 150th birthday. Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1965.
• Charles Kelly: Healthy Sleep. Source of power of life. Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1963.
• Isolde Kurz: Florentine Novellas. JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachstieg, Stuttgart 1937
• Fritz Leist: love and gender. Bertelsmann Lesering, Stuttgart 1955.
• Hubert Miketta: The Lord's Breviary. Highly useful and amusing vademecum for the serious gentleman. Drawings by Bernd Fahrenholz. Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart
• Walter Nigg: Jeanne d'Arc - the angel of France 1412-1431. Drawings by Prof. Eugen Funk. Hoffmannsche Buchdruckerei, Stuttgart 1950.
• Walter level: The magical one. Novel. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., Stuttgart 1949.
• Walter level: The lady on the rainbow. Novel. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., Stuttgart 1949
• Walter level: The distant nights. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., Stuttgart 1949
• Jonny Rieger: Greed and longing - capitalized. Seewald & Schuler, Stuttgart 1955.
• Friedrich Schnack: the world of work in art. Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1973.
• JE Schuler (Ed.): 100 Treasures. Text: Dr. Traudl Seifert. Stuttgart Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1963.
• Heinrich Seidel: Right chicken. JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachstieg, Stuttgart 1942.
• Hermann Sudermann: Lithuanian Stories. JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachstieg, Stuttgart 1949.
• Hermann Sudermann: Mrs. Sorge. JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachstieg, Stuttgart 1949
• Hermann Sudermann: The Katzensteg. JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachstieg, Stuttgart 1949.
• Hermann Sudermann: The picture book of my youth. Novel of a time. JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachstieg, Stuttgart 1949.
• Alexander Taurit, Eleonore Gärtner: They live on in their works. Life pictures of great Germans. Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart o. J.
• Gerhard Venzmer : glandular disorders and hormone treatments. Curt E. Schwab Verlag, Stuttgart 1955.
• Heinrich Wallnöfer: To love him / On the wisdom of women who help men to succeed. Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1962.
• Heinz Woltereck: Old age is the second life. Report on a new science of man. Deutsche Verlags Anstalt, Stuttgart 1956

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 1952 Fischinger Gallery, Stuttgart
• 1953 Galerie Rosen, Berlin
• 1971 Rall Gallery, Göppingen
• 1983 Gallery in the Bischof laboratory, Stuttgart
• 1985 Gallery in the Bischof laboratory, Stuttgart
• 1990 Gallery under Giebel, Bretten
• 1993 INTER ART Gallery, Stuttgart "Graphic Preziosen"
• 1996 House Züblin, Stuttgart "For the 85th birthday"
• 2001 Züblin House, Stuttgart. Exhibition on the occasion of his 90th birthday, organized by former students with pictures as gifts.
• 2013 INTER ART gallery, Stuttgart

Literature (selection)

• Walter Brudi, Gunter Böhmer and Eugen Funk. Exhibition of graphic works in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, April 25 to May 20, 1963. Folio. 3 loose double sheets with 3 illustrations u. biographical summary. (All three artists were professors at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart.) Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie 1963.
• State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. For the 200th anniversary of the academy. The teachers 1946–1961. State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1961, pp. 110–113 with illus. (The graphic design of the volume and the poster for the exhibition in the Württ. Kunstverein by Eugen Funk)
• Wolfgang Kermer : Birthdays [Eugen Funk on his 65th birthday on May 17, 1976] . In: Akademie-Mitteilungen 7 , Staatliche Akademie der bildenden Künste Stuttgart / For the period from April 1, 1975 to May 31, 1976. Stuttgart: State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, August 1976, p. 42.
• Hermann Pfeiffer: Written Script. References to work by the Stuttgart graphic artist Eugen Funk. Old master of the graphic arts. In: Der Druckspiegel. No. 8, 1993.
• Michael Herold, Franz Sperker: Eugen Funk on his 85th birthday in 1996, including a list of all Funk's students. On his 90th birthday in 2001, it contains a list of Funk's fellow students from 1931 to 1934. Stuttgart 1996.
• Subjective Thing - Exhibition Catalog - Edith Erdle-Wissler · Eugen Funk · Magda Hagstotz · Martha Hoepffner · Walter Renz · Hans Rustige · Mara Wolf. With a short biography. Association of Visual Artists Württemberg eV, in the town hall of the state capital Stuttgart 1995.
• Wolfgang Kermer (Ed.): Between book art and book design: Book designer of the academy and former arts and crafts school in Stuttgart. Work examples and texts . Edition Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit 1996. (p. 181 complete. Vita in collaboration with the artist, literature catalog; ill. P. 24, 130), ISBN 3-89322-893-4 .
• Nils Büttner, Volker Lehnert (Hrsg.): Stein Druck Kunst - 100 years of lithography at the Stuttgart Art Academy. Exhibition catalog Waiblingen. State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-942144-09-4 , p. 14.
• Nils Büttner, Angela Zieger (eds.): Considerations: 250 years of the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart: a reading book. State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-931485-11-5 , pp. 315-317, 335, 346.
• Donation Wolfgang Kermer: inventory catalog . Edited by the Städtische Galerie Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen 2011, ISBN 978-3-941715-07-3 , pp. 55–57 m. Fig.
• Michael Herold (Ed.): Eugen Funk - Art is change. Comprehensive presentation with a list of students and works. Edition Spacenube, Stuttgart 2013. ISBN 978-3-8482-5109-4 .

Web links

• Website of the Eugen Funk estate administration