Vera Molnár, a Hungarian-French artist born in 1924, made computer and generative art from 1968.

I feel something when I look at Vera Molnár’s work. It's the play with simplicity and honesty. I can really feel moved every time I lecture about her work.
Zach Lieberman, Zach Lieberman on the Resonance of Generative Art
To me, Vera Molnar has been a huge inspiration for the work that I did. A lot of us discovered a lot of these people after the fact.
Erick Calderon, Infinite Images: Erick Calderon, Sofia Crespo, Tyler Hobbs