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Ian Hornak

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American artist (1944-2002)

United StatesArtistsLived 1944 to 2002 · aged 58
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Ian Hornak 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.

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Title: Hannah Tillich's Mirror: Rembrandt's Three Trees Transformed into The Expulsion From Eden by Hornak, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 120 inches, 1978.Title: Hannah Tillich's Mirror: Rembrandt's Three Trees Transformed into The Expulsion From Eden by Hornak, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 120 inches, 1978.Marcia Sewing, Variation III by Hornak, acrylic on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1978Marcia Sewing, Variation III by Hornak, acrylic on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1978

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Ian Hornak 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.

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United States
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Artists
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Artist
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deceased
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Lived 1944 to 2002 · aged 58
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