Helene Funke (3 September 1869 – 31 July 1957) was a German-Austrian painter and graphic designer of modern times.

(Geheimsache Leben, 2005) From 1904 to 1938, she has exhibited in Munich, Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig ( BUGRA 1914[1]) and Hamburg;[2] she was also a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund.

Oskar Laske immortalized her in his monumental painting "The Ship of Fools" (to be seen in the Belvedere, Vienna).

Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938 at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.

[6] It was also included in the 2023 exhibition Maestras at the Thyssen-Bornemisza and 2024 at the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck.