Funk, Wilhelm Heinrich (American, 1866-1949) Oil Painting. "Little Miss Walker". Oil on linen. Portrait of a young girl, sister of Grenville Kane-Walker (1911-2008) and daughter of Alexander Stewart Walker (1876–1952). A. S. Walker was founder of the renowned New York architectural firm Walker & Gillette that was active from 1906 through 1945. In 1919 New York critic John Taylor Boyd wrote an article featuring the New York City residence of Alexander Stewart Walker. One of the interior photographs shows this painting hanging over the fireplace mantel in the living room – (see photo below). The family portrait is from “Tides’ End”, the oceanfront Walker family estate on Gin Lane in Southampton, NY. Portraits by Wilhelm Funk of prominent subjects are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Frick Collection, Harvard Art Museums, National Trust Collection – UK, and the Portrait Gallery of Canada. Signed lower left Wilhelm Funk 1911. Condition good, even craquelure throughout, small patch upper left. Painting measures 30 " x 25 ". Frame 34 " x 29".

Link to 1919 article on the residence of A.S. Walker: http://halfpuddinghalfsauce.blogspot.com/2012/01/residence-of-alexander-stewart-walker.html

From Wikipedia: Funk was born Hanover, Germany, on 14 January 1866. He was educated in the state schools of his native land, and came to the United States of America after his father's death in 1885. Funk first attracted attention by a pen-portrait of Edwin Booth, the actor. He studied at the Art Students' League, New York, and was pen and ink artist on staff of the New York Herald (1891–1896), also contributing to Scribner's, Century, Harper's, Judge, Truth and other magazines of the day. During this period he went to Europe every year and studied in the galleries of the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Italy and France, especially the masters of the 16th century. He then devoted attention to portrait painting and painted portraits of several members of the royal families of Germany and Britain as well as many well-known men and women in the United States and in France. He was an especial member of the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.