{"id":15865,"date":"2026-04-24T17:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&#038;p=15865"},"modified":"2026-08-26T14:49:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:49:40","slug":"hommage-a-paul-klee","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/nake-frieder\/hommage-a-paul-klee\/","title":{"rendered":"Hommage \u00e0 Paul Klee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"dam-custom-grid dam-custom-grid--cols-3\" style=\"--dam-grid-gap:16px;\"><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NakePink1965-scaled.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Frieder Nake, Hommage \u00e0 Paul Klee, Silkscreen print, special edition, 67 x 48 cm\" data-title=\"Frieder Nake, Hommage \u00e0 Paul Klee, Silkscreen print, special edition, 67 x 48 cm\" data-caption=\"Frieder Nake, Hommage \u00e0 Paul Klee, Silkscreen print, special edition, 67 x 48 cm\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2544\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NakePink1965-scaled.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NakePink1965-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NakePink1965-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NakePink1965-1024x1018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NakePink1965-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NakePink1965-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NakePink1965-1536x1526.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NakePink1965-2048x2035.jpg 2048w, 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href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Frieder Nake, Hommage \u00e0 Paul Klee, ink on paper, 1965\" data-title=\"Frieder Nake, Hommage \u00e0 Paul Klee, ink on paper, 1965\" data-caption=\"Frieder Nake, Hommage \u00e0 Paul Klee, ink on paper, 1965\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1604\" height=\"1670\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall.jpg 1604w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall-984x1024.jpg 984w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall-768x800.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall-1475x1536.jpg 1475w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall-547x570.jpg 547w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall-480x500.jpg 480w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall-550x573.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall-500x521.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall-384x400.jpg 384w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nake1965KleeSmall-1200x1249.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1604px) 100vw, 1604px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Hommage \u00e0 Paul Klee (1965-67)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]This drawing is one of the most often cited in books and articles about the earliest phase of computer art (mid-1960s). It may be called an icon of the pioneering times of the digital art movement.<\/p>\n<p>It is not known precisely how many exemplars may exist of this drawing in the form of orginally produced by the automatic drawing machine. Nake estimates that he generated about 30 or 40 copies during the years from 1965 to 1967. Each one of these must be considered an original work. He also did an edition of high-quality silkscreen prints (40 copies, 1966). Additionally, about five silkscreen prints exist on heavy colored paper.<\/p>\n<p>When generating this image, Nake says, he was inspired by Paul Klee\u2019s oil painting \u201cHauptweg und Nebenwege\u201d of 1929 and several drawings by Klee from that time. Contrary to what other algorithmic artists occasionally did by the time, namely trying to simulate an artist\u2019s work by algorithmic description, this drawing is in no respect the attempt of a simulation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More works<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/generative-software\/\">Generative Softwares (2025)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/nake-frieder\/recent-works\/\">Geradescharen Series (2018)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/frieder-nake\/works_frieder_nake\/matrix-multiplication\/\">Matrix multiplication (1967-68)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/frieder-nake\/works_frieder_nake\/walk-through-raster\/\">Walk-Through Raster (1966)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/nake-frieder\/random-polygonal-line\/\">Random polygonal line (1965)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/nake-frieder\/rectangular-hatches\/\">Rectangualar hatches (1965)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/nake-frieder\/early-algorithmic-drawings\/\">Early Algorithmic Drawings\u00a0(1963-65)<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Hommage \u00e0 Paul Klee (1965-67)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]This drawing is one of the most often cited in books and articles about the earliest phase of computer art (mid-1960s). It may be called an icon of the pioneering times of the digital art movement. It is not known precisely how many&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"kayo-button-simple wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/nake-frieder\/hommage-a-paul-klee\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15881,"parent":12982,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[],"class_list":["post-15865","artists_ui","type-artists_ui","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","clearfix","entry-grid","entry-columns-default","entry-artists_ui-module-layout-standard","thumbnail-color-tone-dark","entry-artists_ui","entry-artists_ui-grid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/15865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists_ui"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/12982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}