Rosemary Hornak

Rosemary Hornak (born February 3, 1951) is an American visual artist, known for her late twentieth-century contributions to American Folk Art; art collector; philanthropist; the sister of founding Photorealist and Hyperrealist artist, Ian Hornak; and the mother of art dealer and historian, Eric Ian Spoutz

Early life, education and family Hornak was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan on February 3, 1951, to Frank Hornak, a gentleman farmer, and formerly a member of the United States Coast Guard; and Rose Hornak (née, Vagich), a homemaker, and formerly the owner of a confectionery in Brooklyn Heights, New York. Both of Rosemary Hornak's parents immigrated to the United States from Slovakia as Nazi tensions arose in Europe in the years preceding World War II. Before her emigration, Rose Hornak, who was American born, was educated in Prague.

Rosemary Hornak had two older siblings, Michael Hornak, and Ian Hornak. Ian Hornak later became a prominent visual artist, one of the founders of the Photorealist and Hyperrealist movements, and a member of the New York School. Rosemary Hornak learned to paint as a child by watching and working alongside her brother Ian at the family farm in Michigan. Ian Hornak later recalled during an interview with Patsy Southgate in The East Hampton Star an idyllic childhood with his sister and described her as his "best friend" in both childhood and adulthood. and the Anton Art Center.