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Ian Hornak Photography

American, 1944-2002

Painter and draftsman Ian Hornak created vivid hyperrealist and Photorealist works, and was celebrated for his visionary incorporation of multiple-exposure photography into his landscape paintings.

The subject matter at the heart of the world’s finest Photorealist works flickers between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, and Hornak’s representational art is just as compelling, enveloping the viewer with rich imagery and vibrant colors.

The painter was born John Francis Hornak in Philadelphia to Slovakian immigrants who moved to New York when he was still an infant. He became enamored of visual art at an early age — for his ninth birthday, Hornak received a set of oil paints and a book about Renaissance paintings. He reproduced many of the book’s photos of the works of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and others so well that they looked like the photographs themselves.

Hornak studied art at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. After earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in fine arts, he moved to New York City in 1968 and befriended Lowell Nesbitt. The realist artist introduced him to Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Robert Indiana and others. Hornak resisted the Abstract Expressionist and Pop styles of the era, instead creating work that was noted for its Surrealist and even Romantic elements.

In 1970, Hornak debuted his first paintings in his multiple-exposure style. A year later, the Tibor de Nagy Gallery hosted his first New York City solo exhibition, and his prominence in the art world grew. From 1986 until his death in 2002, Hornak produced botanical and still-life paintings inspired by Flemish and Dutch masters.

Hornak’s work can be found in the permanent collections of many institutions, such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the Library of Congress.

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Artist: Ian Hornak
Les Fleurs à la Manière de Redon #7: Anemones, circa 1998, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original oil painting on panel, circa 1998. Size: 15.5 x 11.5 inches. Inscription: Signed, recto; titled in artist’s handwriting on label, verso. Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, Ea...
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1990s Photorealist Ian Hornak Photography

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For Frank (Floral Bouquet with Self Portrait), 1976, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original acrylic painting on canvas, 1976. Size: 20 x 26 inches. Inscription: Signed, titled, and dated, recto. Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, New York. IAN HORNAK ...
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1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Photography

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Acrylic, Canvas

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