Nicholas Hornyansky. 1896 - 1965. Nicholas Hornyansky was born in Budapest and worked as a colour mixer in his father's printing office while still a boy. He studied art at the city's Academy of Fine... Read full biography
Nicholas Hornyansky. 1896 - 1965. Nicholas Hornyansky was born in Budapest and worked as a colour mixer in his father's printing office while still a boy. He studied art at the city's Academy of Fine Arts and elsewhere in Europe and became an accomplished portrait painter, exhibiting in Antwerp and... Read full biography
Nicholas Hornyansky. 1896 - 1965. Nicholas Hornyansky was born in Budapest and worked as a colour mixer in his father's printing office while still a boy. He studied art at the city's Academy of Fine Arts and elsewhere in Europe and became an accomplished portrait painter, exhibiting in Antwerp and Brussels. He branched into etching and landscape painting and was associated with Belgian's School of Hens before travelling to England where he received several portrait commissions. He returned to... Read full biography
Nicholas Hornyansky. 1896 - 1965. Nicholas Hornyansky was born in Budapest and worked as a colour mixer in his father's printing office while still a boy. He studied art at the city's Academy of Fine Arts and elsewhere in Europe and became an accomplished portrait painter, exhibiting in Antwerp and Brussels. He branched into etching and landscape painting and was associated with Belgian's School of Hens before travelling to England where he received several portrait commissions. He returned to Paris to study aquatint printmaking before emigrating to Canada in 1929. Hornyansky's figure painting attracted attention in Toronto and he exhibited regularly with the Royal Canadian Academy and the Ontario Society of Artists. He made major... Read full biography
Nicholas Hornyansky. 1896 - 1965. Nicholas Hornyansky was born in Budapest and worked as a colour mixer in his father's printing office while still a boy. He studied art at the city's Academy of Fine Arts and elsewhere in Europe and became an accomplished portrait painter, exhibiting in Antwerp and Brussels. He branched into etching and landscape painting and was associated with Belgian's School of Hens before travelling to England where he received several portrait commissions. He returned to Paris to study aquatint printmaking before emigrating to Canada in 1929. Hornyansky's figure painting attracted attention in Toronto and he exhibited regularly with the Royal Canadian Academy and the Ontario Society of Artists. He made major contributions to the advancement of printmaking in Canada and taught metal plate media at the Ontario College of Arts from 1945 to 1958. He exh... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (4)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The History of the Guild Inn
2000
Lidgold, Carole M
335 pages
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Works from the McCuaig Collection in the Laurentian University Museum (Now Called Art Gallery of Sudbury)
1987
Krueger, Pamela
56 pages
The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect (Art Gallery of Hamiltonm Ontario)