Ian Hornak
Ian John Hornak | |
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Hornak in his East Hampton, New York studio, 1997 | |
| Born | John Francis Hornak January 9, 1944 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | December 9, 2002 (aged 58) |
| Education | Wayne State University (BFA), (MFA) |
| Occupation | Visual artist |
| Relatives | Julius Rosenthal Wolf (domestic partner); Rosemary Hornak (sister); Eric Ian Spoutz (nephew) |
Ian Hornak (born John Francis Hornak; January 9, 1944 – December 9, 2002) was an American draughtsman, painter, and printmaker. He was a founding figure of the Hyperrealist and Photorealist movements and is credited with being the first Photorealist artist to incorporate the visual effects of multiple exposure photography into landscape painting. He was also among the first contemporary artists to fully extend pictorial imagery beyond the primary canvas onto its surrounding frame, expanding conventional boundaries between image and object.