Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 4: Digital Era (1960s)

1964

Molnár’s Paris: Rue Hallé Permanent Home

Event · Europe

Vera Molnár seated in her studio beside a window and a long table of drawings — a much later photograph, filed by Compart only as “Molnar, atelier”.
Vera Molnár seated in her studio beside a window and a long table of drawings — a much later photograph, filed by Compart only as “Molnar, atelier”. Image: compArt database Digital Art (dada), University of Bremen, Vera Molnar record.

In 1964, the Molnárs planned and constructed their own three-story home and studio on Rue Hallé. Vera later reminisced, “It was the Morellets who lent us money, plus the family and the bank, which meant that we were poor all our lives.” Despite this, it was a spacious and comfortable dream home, profoundly influencing Vera’s artistic journey. Reflecting on the past, she marvels, “Did I already have a table? My own? Which wasn’t half for me, half a desk for François, where I could leave my stuff? There were things I couldn’t do [before] that time because I didn’t have a table.”

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.

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François Molnár, François Morellet, Vera Molnár

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generative art

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biography, home
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François Molnár, François Morellet, Vera Molnár
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Paris, Rue Hallé

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