2001
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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(Abstract Mythological Landscape) Untitled, 2001, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: (Abstract Mythological Landscape) Untitled Year: 2001 Medium: Ink on archival paper Size: 11 x 14 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of I...
Ink, Archival Paper
(Abstract Tropical Landscape) Untitled, 2001, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: (Abstract Tropical Landscape) Untitled Year: 2001 Medium: Ink on archival paper Size: 9 x 12 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of Ian Ho...
Ink, Archival Paper
(Abstract Landscape with Angel) Untitled, 2001, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: (Abstract Landscape with Angel) Untitled Year: 2001 Medium: Ink on archival paper Size: 9 x 12 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of Ian ...
Ink, Archival Paper
Landscape with Ravine, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Landscape with Ravine Year: 1968 Edition: 200, plus proofs Medium: Etching on vélin de Rives paper Size: 22 x 30 inches Condition: Good Inscrip...
Etching
(Apocalyptic Tropical Landscape) Untitled
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Apocalyptic Tropical Landscape) Year: 1973 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 22 x 30 inches ...
Ink
(Apocalyptic Tropical Landscape) Untitled
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Apocalyptic Tropical Landscape) Year: 1973 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 22 x 30 inches ...
Ink
Landscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1977
By Reynold Arnould 1
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a pen drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a little white paper. No signature, dated on the lower right corner.. Rey...
Paper, Pen
Landscape with Trees - Original Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with trees is an original china ink drawing realized by Unknown Artist in 1950s. The artwork represent a beautiful landscape. Good condition, so signature, mounted on a w...
Ink
Island for Umberto 05 - Contemporary, Drawing, Nature, Trees, Landscape
By Alexandru Rădvan
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Island for Umberto 05, 2014 Pencil on paper ( Signed and dated front lower-right corner, framed) 11.6 H x 16,5 W in. 29.5 H x 42 W cm "Island for Umberto" has the literary source in...
Paper, Pencil
Landscape with Trees, Pencil Drawing by Michael Andrews
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Landscape with Trees, Pencil Drawing by Michael Andrews Additional information: Medium: Pencil drawing 12.5 x 19.5 cm 4 7/8 x 7 5/8 in Michael Andrews was born into a devout Method...
Pencil
Landscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1977
By Reynold Arnould 1
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a black Marker Drawing and Watercolour realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a little white paper. No signature, dated on the l...
Paper, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Trees, "Arbres", Contemporary Landscape Painting, Ink and Pastel on Paper, 2023
Located in New York, NY
Note: This item may ship rolled or stretched - please inquire. In Trees, Isabel Aguera explores the duality of the forest as both a solid structural environment and an ephemeral experience of light. The composition is defined by a series of leaning, vertical trunks rendered in dense, dark pigments that emphasize texture and weight. These firm lines are contrasted by fluid washes of sage and olive green, which suggest the soft diffusion of light through a canopy. Aguera utilizes the white of the paper as a vital element, allowing negative space to represent the "breath" of the forest. The interplay of spontaneous splatters and controlled marks creates a sense of organic growth and movement, rather than a static scene. This piece demonstrates Aguera's ability to distill complex natural environments into their essential energies, inviting the viewer into a space that feels simultaneously grounded in nature and untethered by abstraction. Isabel Aguera Trees, contemporary landscape painting, mixed media forest art, abstract tree artwork, gestural ink drawing, nature-inspired abstraction, modern French artist, olive green wall art, expressionist landscape study, pine tree ink...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
