Ben F. (Benjamin Francis) Laposky was a mathematician, artist and draftsman in Cherokee, Iowa. He has been credited with making the first computer graphics, utilizing an oscilloscope as the creation medium for abstract art. In 1953 he released what he called "Oscillons" (or oscillogram designs) along with a corresponding thesis entitled "Electronic Abstractions" via a gallery exhibition of fifty pictures of the same name at Sanford Museum in Cherokee, Iowa, where Laposky made his home.

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  • Ben F. (Benjamin Francis) Laposky was a mathematician, artist and draftsman in Cherokee, Iowa. He has been credited with making the first computer graphics, utilizing an oscilloscope as the creation medium for abstract art. In 1953 he released what he called "Oscillons" (or oscillogram designs) along with a corresponding thesis entitled "Electronic Abstractions" via a gallery exhibition of fifty pictures of the same name at Sanford Museum in Cherokee, Iowa, where Laposky made his home. Laposky's original one-man show of black and white Oscillons, along with 52 additional color images, is curated and controlled by the museum. The museums collection contains various commercial works and books in which Laposky was mentioned. Laposky is often credited as the pioneer for electronic art, more specifically in the analog vector medium.
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  • Ben F. Laposky with oscilloscope
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  • Ben F. (Benjamin Francis) Laposky was a mathematician, artist and draftsman in Cherokee, Iowa. He has been credited with making the first computer graphics, utilizing an oscilloscope as the creation medium for abstract art. In 1953 he released what he called "Oscillons" (or oscillogram designs) along with a corresponding thesis entitled "Electronic Abstractions" via a gallery exhibition of fifty pictures of the same name at Sanford Museum in Cherokee, Iowa, where Laposky made his home.
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