Ian Hornak Abstract 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.
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Artist: Ian Hornak
The Fall of Eden (Garden of Eden)—Untitled
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: The Fall of Eden (Garden of Eden)—Untitled
Year: 1985
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 48 x 24 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed, ...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Friedrich‘s Window: Variation # 4 (Water and Mist) 1981, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original painting on canvas, circa 1981. Size: 36 x 48 inches. Inscription: signed, recto; signed, dated, titled, verso. Provenance: Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY. Notes: An homage...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
(Hudson River Landscape) Untitled, 1985, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original acrylic painting on illustration board, circa 1985. Size: 12.5 x 10 inches. Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, New York.
IAN HORNAK (January 9, 1944 – December...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic, Illustration Board
Light from the Past, 1st version, 1985, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original acrylic painting on double layered Masonite, 1985. Size: 21.5 x 18 inches. Inscription: Signed, recto; signed, dated, and titled, verso. Provenance: Armstrong Gallery (57th ...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Primeval Landscape, 1985, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original acrylic painting on double layered Masonite, 1985. Size: 16 x 19 inches. Inscription: Signed, recto; signed, dated, and titled, verso. Provenance: Armstrong Gallery (57th St...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Raphael’s Stairway
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Raphael’s Stairway
Year: 1978
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 48 x 36 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed recto; signed, dated, and ...
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1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Waiting for the Barbarians, 1985, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original acrylic painting on Masonite with artist’s painted wood frame, 1985. Size: 37 x 31 inches. Inscription: Signed, recto; titled, and double signed and dated, verso. Provenance...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite, Panel
Domain of Asmodeus, 1985, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original acrylic painting on Masonite with artist’s painted wood frame, 1985. Size: 31 x 37 inches. Inscription: Signed, recto; titled, and double signed and dated, verso. Provenance...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic, Masonite, Panel
Still Life with Lobster, Helicona, & Silver Pitcher
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Still Life with Lobster, Helicona, and Silver
Pitcher
Year: 1998
Medium: Oil on Panel, with Artist Paint...
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1990s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Georgica Pond at Sunset (East Hampton, New York)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Georgica Pond at Sunset (East Hampton, NY)
Year: February 1973
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 72 x 48 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed, dated, and titled by the artist, verso.
Provenance: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY; Bernice Fox Weinstein, Washington D.C.; Estate of Dr. Charles Cabaniss via his Lorena Smith Cabaniss, Washington D.C.; property of a family trust, Southeastern, MI.
Notes: A seminal example of Hornak’s Photorealist multiple exposure landscape...
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1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
The Banyan Tree: Variation VI (Jamaica)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: The Banyan Tree: Variation VI (Jamaica)
Year: 1981
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 42 x 60 inches
Condition: Excellen...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Primeval Landscape
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Primeval Landscape
Year: 1985
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 59 1/2 x 43 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed by the artist
Provenan...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Last Song: Im Abendrot—In Evening‘s Glow (homage to Richard Strauss)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Last Song: Im Abendrot (In Evening’s Glow)
Year: 1985-2001
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, with Artist Painted Frame
Size: 47 x 59 inches
Condition: ...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Angel Concert, Variation II
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: The Angel Concert, Variation II
Year: 1979
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 36 x 48 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed, dated, and t...
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1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Last Song: Beim Schlafengehen—Going to Sleep (homage to Richard Strauss)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Last Song: Beim Schlafengehen (Going to Sleep)
Year: 1985
Year: 1985-2001
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, with Artist Painted Frame
Size: 47 x 59 i...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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 Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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“Sunrise Through Forest, Spiral Nebula , ” Photorealism
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Title: Sunrise Through Forest, Spiral Nebula
Year: April 1970
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Condition: Excellent
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“Raphael’s Stairway, ” Photorealism
By Ian Hornak
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Title: Raphael’s Stairway
Year: 1978
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 48 x 36 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed recto; signed, dated, and titled by the artist, verso.
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By Ian Hornak
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Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: [Caspar David] Friedrich’s Window: The Night Variation
Year: 1977
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
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Condition: Excellent
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“Dido Abandoned, ” Photorealism, circle of Malcolm Morley, Chuck Close
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