Pioneer Work: Herbert W. Franke
Herbert W. Franke (1927-2022) was obviously an all-rounder and a pioneer in many ways.
His pioneer spirit can be found in his science fiction novels, his passion for cave explorations and last but not least in his image experiments.
Science and art never were opposites for the doctor of physics, who also studied philosophy.
Science and mathematics are the fundament of his works of art.
Franke was one of the best known German-speaking science fiction authors.
Since the 1950s he also created visual art, starting with experimental photography
and electronic imaging techniques. He created photographic images, wrote articles and books on experimental and generative photography and eventually discovered computer art – as an artist and as a collector.
His unique collection of early computer graphics today belongs to the Kunsthalle Bremen – as of today (April 2026!) the Franke Collection can unfortunately not be seen online.
Herbert W. Franke was also a co-founder and pioneer of the ars electronica in Linz, Austria.
Since the mid-1950s Herbert W. Franke created works of computer art.
His body of work represents the development of computers in art from the early days until today in an unprecedented way.
Pioneer Work Herbert W. Franke
The image section of this webpage (since 2017 :-) is currently under construction.
For more information, check out
art meets science, and the
YouTube-channel of the Herbert W. Franke foundation.
Science Fiction
Herbert W. Franke is the author of many science fiction novels and short stories.
»Das Gedankennetz« is one of his early novels, published in Germany in 1960. Wikipedia has a list of some of his books,
see: Herbert W. Franke.
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Herbert W. Franke: Das Gedankennetz
published 1960, Goldmann Weltraum Taschenb cher
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Computergraphik – Computerkunst
In 1971 Franke published a book on computer graphics as art: »Computergraphik – Computerkunst« in a first edition; a second, revised edition was published in 1985.
On the cover of the first edition: »Matrizenmultiplikation/Matrix Multiplication« by Frieder Nake (1967).
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»Computergraphik – Computerkunst« 1971
not for sale
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For more information, check out
art meets science, and the YouTube-channel of the Herbert W. Franke foundation.
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