Ian Hornak, 58; Painter Was Known for Photo-Realism Style
Ian Hornak, an American painter known for landscapes and still lifes rendered in the photo-realist tradition, died Dec. 9 at a hospital in New York. He was 58. The cause of death was not disclosed.
Hornak, born in Philadelphia, received his art training at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University.
He moved to New York City in 1967, where he kept a studio for many years. He did most of his painting at his home in East Hampton, N.Y.
He had his first one-man show at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York in 1971 and soon caught the attention of prominent critics.
John Canaday, writing in the New York Times in 1974, said Hornak was “right at the top of the list of romantically descriptive painters today.”
A draftsman from an early age, Hornak was fascinated by the Renaissance masters and by photography.
His work, exhibited mainly in New York galleries, has been described as evoking a ghostly double-exposure effect.
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