Ian Hornak Landscape 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
Marcia’s Meadow (Vermont)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Marcia’s Meadow (Vermont)
Year: 1983
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 50 x 72 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed recto; signed, date...
Category
1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Hannah’s Mirror, Rembrandt’s Three Trees Transformed Into The Expulsion fr/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 Landscape Paintings
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Acrylic
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 Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Echo Loses Narcissus, Ian Hornak
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 Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Lion’s Head Rock (East Hampton, New York)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Lion’s Head Rock (East Hampton, NY)
Year: January 1971
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 42 x 66 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed, ...
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1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Friedrich‘s Window: Variation IV (Water and Mist) 1981, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Friedrich‘s Window: Variation # 4
Year: 1981
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 36 x 48 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Fischbach Gallery, New Y...
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1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pastoral Landscape, Ian Hornak - Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Pastoral Landscape
Year: 1970
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 50 x 72 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Unsigned, estate stamped, verso.
Prove...
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1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Neo-Impressionist Figures in Landscape)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Neo-Impressionist Figures in Landscape)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condition: Good
P...
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Gabriel's Pavilion: Variation II, Ian Hornak - Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Gabriel's Pavilion: Variation II
Year: 1979
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 50 x 72 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed recto; signe...
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1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Abstract Patio Still Life with Flowers, Plants and Pots)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Patio Still Life with Flowers, Plants and Pots)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
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1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
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Watercolor
Untitled (Abstract Garden Still Life with Flowers and Plants)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Garden Still Life with Flowers and Plants)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condi...
Category
1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Song of Zephyrus, Variation II
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Song of Zephyrus, Variation II
Year: 1979
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 71 x 45 inches
Inscription: Signed, dated, and titled by the artist.
P...
Category
1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Looking Toward Oyster Pond, Montauk, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Looking Toward Oyster Pond, Montauk
Year: 1983-2001
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 42 x 60 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed rect...
Category
1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Abstract Garden Still Life with Flowers, Plants and Pumpkins)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Garden Still Life with Flowers, Plants and Pumpkins)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 in...
Category
1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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: ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Waiting for the Barbarians, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Waiting for the Barbarians
Year: 1985
Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite
Size: 37 x 31 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ian ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Transparent Barricades: Variation II, Ian Hornak - Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Transparent Barricades: Variation II
Year: 1974
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 48 x 72 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed recto; ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Light from the Past, 1st version, 1985, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Light from the Past, 1st version
Year: 1985
Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite
Size: 21.5 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate...
Category
1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled (Abstract Garden Still Life with Plants and Pumpkins), Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Garden Still Life with Plants and Pumpkins)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Cond...
Category
1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Abstract Garden Still Life with Flowers and Fruit), Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Garden Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condit...
Category
1960s Impressionist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Scarlet Blue Macaw, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Scarlet Blue Macaw
Year: 1992
Medium: Acrylic on Panel with artist painted frame
Size: 58.5 x 42.2 inches
Condition: E...
Category
1990s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, 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...
Category
1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Martin Heade’s Window, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Martin Heade’s Window
Year: 1980
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 48 x 36 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed recto; signed, dated, and titled by the artist, verso.
Provenance: Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY; Private Collection, MI
Notes: A seminal example of Hornak’s Photorealist multiple exposure landscape...
Category
1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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...
Category
1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Primeval Landscape, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Primeval Landscape
Year: 1985
Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite
Size: 16 x 19 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
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.; Private collection, MI.
Notes: A seminal example of Hornak’s Photorealist multiple exposure landscape...
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1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life with Baroque Cauliflower, Artichokes and Radishes
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Still Life with Baroque Cauliflower, Artichokes and Radishes
Year: 2002
Medium: Oil on Panel with artist painted frame
Size: 42 x 31.5 inches
Co...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, 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...
Category
1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sorcerer Series: Beast Head, Spider Web
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Sorcerer Series: Beast Head, Spiderweb
Year: February 1969
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 72 x 48 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Sign...
Category
1960s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
(Connecticut Landscape) Untitled, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Connecticut Landscape)
Year: 1983
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 60 x 43 inches
Condition: Excellent
Provenance: Fischbach Gallery, N...
Category
1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Domain of Asmodeus, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Domain of Asmodeus
Year: 1985
Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite
Size: 31 x 37 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled (Scottish Pastoral Landscape), circa 1982, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Scottish Pastoral Landscape)
Year: 1982
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 16 x 20 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ian Horna...
Category
1980s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Raphael’s Stairway, Ian Hornak
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 ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Figure, Volcano
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Figure, Volcano (John Huszar)
Year: June 1971
Medium: Acrylic, Pen & Ink on Canvas
Size: 72 x 48 inches
Condition: Ex...
Category
1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wordsworth in the Tropics, Hyper-realist Painting by Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Long Island City, NY
American Photorealist Ian Hornak’s stunning depiction of a tropical landscape is framed by back-lit palm trees and clouds illuminated with the setting sun. The painting is signed, ti...
Category
1970s Photorealist Ian Hornak Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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