Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 5: Artist-Programmer Era (1970s)
1970
City Painting by Grace C. Hertlein
This work of about 1970 to 1972 by the woman computer art pioneer would go on to inspire contemporary artist Yazid, specifically his work Hashed Cities on fxhash. City Paining also demonstrates the move in the ’70s towards computer art’s interest in more formal compositions.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
- "Eighth Annual Computer Art Contest: City Painting, Grace C. Hertlein." Computers and Automation 19, no. 8 (August 1970): 16.
People
Movements
computer art
Filed under
- Ideas
- generative art
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- computer art
- People
- Grace C. Hertlein, Yazid
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- City Painting, Hashed Cities
- Organisations
- fx(hash), fxhash
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Le Random podcast
- Timeline Ch 5—Artist-Programmer Era (1970s) with Joan Truckenbrod, Hans Dehlinger & Anika Meier — listen with transcript on Le Random (14 Jan 2024, 65 min). Chapter 5’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify