zdeněk sýkora was a czechoslovakian modern abstract painter and sculptor, and a pioneer of using computers in art. born on february 3, 1920, in louny, czechoslovakia, sýkora's style and medium changed from landscape paintings in the late 1940s to geometrical abstract structures in the 50s. early life and career sýkora was influenced by cubism and surrealism in the 1960s, which led him to become one of the first artists to use computers in creating geometric abstract paintings. during the soviet occupations of many countries after world war ii, including czechoslovakia, sýkora was unable to ho…