Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 4: Digital Era (1960s)
1965
13/9/65 Nr. 2 (Hommage à Paul Klee) by Frieder Nake
One of the most cited and recognized works among the earliest computer art, Homage to Paul Klee (in English) draws inspiration from Klee’s Hauptweg und Nebenwege (1929) without Nake directly attempting to reproduce it algorithmically.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
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People
Movements
computer art
Filed under
- Ideas
- early computer art, generative art
- Technologies
- computer art, computer-generated drawings, Plotter Art
- People
- Frieder Nake, Paul Klee
- Works
- Hauptweg und Nebenwege, Homage, Hommage à Paul Klee
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- 1884 · Founding of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers
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Le Random editorials
- Frieder Nake on “Machinic” Miracles, Peter Bauman, July 10, 2024
- Colette Bangert on Growing Visually, Peter Bauman, May 7, 2024
- Golan Levin on the Potentiality of Blobs, Peter Bauman, January 10, 2024
- Neural Unconscious, Peter Bauman, February 19, 2025
Le Random podcast
- Interview with Frieder Nake — listen with transcript on Le Random (16 Jul 2024, 41 min). Featuring Frieder Nake. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 2—Modern Era with Kate Vass — listen with transcript on Le Random (20 Jul 2023, 58 min). Transcript mentions Paul Klee. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 3—Analog Era (1950s) with Georg Bak — listen with transcript on Le Random (10 Aug 2023, 65 min). Transcript mentions Frieder Nake. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt I (1960s) with Dr A Michael Noll — listen with transcript on Le Random (07 Sep 2023, 60 min). Chapter 4’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt II (1960s) with Michael Spalter — listen with transcript on Le Random (21 Sep 2023, 77 min). Chapter 4’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify