1945 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Computer Graphic Timeline 1945-2000

This definitive accumulation of knowledge from 1945 to 21th century, traces
the milestones & pioneers which shaped the visual landscape of all aspects relevant to computer graphic imagery viewed from today's perspective.


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1970
1971 Self-Portrait by Janez Logar (mechanographic technique 1795 x 1378).
1970 Osaka 1-2-3 by John Whitney (Computer Graphic) 3 min b&w
 
Rotation, Projektionen (1970-1971), created by Herbert W. Franke (Germany).
 
William Fetter's "Norelco TV Commercial" This may have been the first perspective computer graphics television comercial. (1970).
 
 
1971 The Computer in Art by Frederick Praegaer. Early development of computer art from the then Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
1970 Spinning Gazebo by Clive Richards. Three-dimensional gazebo rotating, first computer animation produced in a British art school.
 
DEC developed the PDP-11 as a family of 16-bit minicomputers that could grow with customers as their computing needs increased.
1971
1970s Cube Composition by Anton Zotti (computer graphic photo paper, 641 x 640 mm).
1971 Matrix I & Matrix II (computer-graphics) 6 min Color
 
 
 
Serie DRAKULA (1970-1971), created by Herbert W. Franke (Germany).
 
 
Computer Graphics Computer Art by Herbert W Franke Published in 1971. One of the earliest comprehensive texts on the subject of computer art.
 
 
 
1972
1972 Manuel Barbadillo
1972 Matrix III by John Whitney (Computer Graphics) 11 min Color
1972 Symmetrics by Stan Vanderbeek
 
 
1972 Googolplex (5 min US) movie by Lillian Schwartz. With its synchronised tribal rhythms and flickering visual white noise, Googolplex is a hypnotic film.
 
 
1972 T.V.C. 87892 by Edvard Zajec (computer graphic, 270 x 300 mm).
Serie Tiergesichter, created by Herbert W. Franke (Germany).
In 1972 Seymour Cray, the "father of supercomputing," founded Cray Research.
 
1973
1973 Evans & Sutherland 3D Picture System
1973 Hex Demo by John Whitney (Silent computer graphic film to accompany lecture on Digital harmony) 3 min b&w
 
Drachenkurven, fotografisch transformiert von Wolfgang Siebig, created by Herbert W. Franke (Germany).
 
1973 2 Color Plotter Graphic. A two-color plotter graphic made on the Amherst College IBM 1130 computer and plotter.
 
 
 
 
 
 
1974
 
 
 
1974 A single-chip calculator design the TMS 1000 micro-control unit or MCU, a concept that spawned families of general-purpose digital workhorses.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1975
 
1975 Arabesque by John Whitney (Computer Graphics) 7 min Color
1970s mid A face created using PICASO by John Vince, first packages for artists (Picture Computer Algorithms Subroutine Orientated).
 
 
1975 Color raster by Herbert W Franke.
1975 Farbraster 75 by Herbert W Franke (color print)
 
Serie GrĂ¼n, created by Herbert W. Franke (Germany).
Albert Einstein, created by Herbert W. Franke (Germany).
1975 5 images out of the 196 squares series by Vera Molnar.
 
1976
The CRAY-I Super Computer, was first installed in 1976 and quickly became the standard for large-scale scientific computers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Horsley, Thomas R. (1974) Horsley, Thomas R. "SIMULOGO: a student simulation language" M.Sc. 1974 Toronto
 
 
 
1977
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1978
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1979
 
1979 Permutations II by John Whitney (Computer Graphic footage of Permutations, re-edited) 7 min Color
 
 
 
 
 
 
Serie Falter ung, by Herbert W. Franke (Germany) on the Apple II.
 
 
 
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