1969 magazine's 'Computer Art' column featured pioneer Grace Hertlein's letter
Merzmensch · x · 2026-11-14
Merzmensch shares archival material from Computers and Automation, October 1969: with more computer art submissions than it could publish, the magazine launched a dedicated "Computer art" column, featuring William A. Carpenter's DAISIES — possibly a nod to IBM 7094's 1961 rendition of "Daisy Bell."
The December 1969 issue includes a letter from Grace C. Hertlein of Chico State College, finishing her thesis on "Computer-Aided Graphics," experimenting with fine-art papers, pens, and inks on plotters, and arguing computer graphics should be treated as an art form. She went on to become a noted computer art pioneer and was profiled by the magazine in 1973.
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