Artist

(b. ca. 1470, Zürich, d. ca. 1539, Zürich)

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Swiss stained-glass painter. He was mentioned before 1489 in court records in Zurich, where relatives were also active as stained-glass artists at the beginning of the 16th century. He settled c. 1499-1500 in Bern, living from 1509 in the Kirchgasse (now Münstergasse), and in 1519 he was appointed a member of the cantonal parliament (Grosser Rat). He received many commissions throughout the Swiss Confederation, above all in Bern and Fribourg, and his work exercised a significant influence on the other stained-glass artists of Berne. The earliest records of work by Funk come from the treasury accounts of Fribourg and Bern in 1504 and 1505: in 1505 he executed a series of windows (destroyed) depicting the estates of the Alte Orte for Fribourg Town Hall. Earlier than this, however, is a window (c. 1501; Historisches Museum Bern) with both a signature and the monogram HFG ('Hans Funk Glasmaler'). The quality of Funk's art may be seen in the expressive characterization of the halberdiers holding the arms of Bremgarten and the Confederation, and in the combination of exact detail and liveliness in the fine gold work. //

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Category	Artists
Artists by letter	F
Artist nationality	Swiss