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Ian Hornak Paintings

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.

On 1stDibs, find authentic Ian Hornak paintings, drawings, prints and more.

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Artist: Ian Hornak
Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Table, Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Table, Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condit...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 11.5 x 15 inches Condition: Go...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 11.5 x 15 inches Condition: Go...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Lantern, Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Lantern, Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Cond...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Go...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Hannah’s Mirror, Rembrandt’s Three Trees Transformed Into The Expulsion From Eden
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Hannah’s Mirror, Rembrandt’s Three Trees Transformed Into The Expulsion From Eden Year: 1978 Medium: Acryli...
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1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Chair, Flowers and Bottles)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Chair, Flowers and Bottles) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 in...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Go...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Go...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Summer Still Life with Flowers and Plants)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Summer Still Life with Flowers and Plants) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival ...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Go...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Good Provena...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Go...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 11.5 x 15 inches Condition: Go...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 11.5 x 15 inches Condition: Go...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers, Fruit and Bottle)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers, Fruit and Bottle) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condi...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Go...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Go...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Watercolor

Childhood of Hephaestus, Variation V
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Childhood of Hephaestus, Variation V Year: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, with Artist Painted Frame Size: 47 x 59 in...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Acrylic

Italy, Garden, Coming Rain, Oil Painting by Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ian Hornak, American (1944 - 2002) Title: Italy, Garden, Coming Rain Year: 1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed verso Image Size: 28.75 x 38 in. (73.03 x 96.52 cm) Canvas Siz...
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1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Echo Loses Narcissus
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Echo Loses Narcissus Year: 1978 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 36 x 48 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, and titled by th...
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1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Acrylic

Hannah's Mirror, Variation #3: The Expulsion from Eden
By Ian Hornak
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ian Hornak Title: Hannah's Mirror, Variation #3: The Expulsion from Eden Year: 1977 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, dated, and titled verso Size: 42 x 60 inches (106.68 x 152....
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1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Paintings

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Oil

Ian Hornak paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Ian Hornak paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, pink and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Ian Hornak in paint, watercolor, acrylic paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the Photorealist style. Not every interior allows for large Ian Hornak paintings, so small editions measuring 15 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of James Zamora, Lowell Nesbitt, and Gregory Block. Ian Hornak paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,450 and tops out at $585,000, while the average work can sell for $5,450.

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