Franz Anatol Wyss
Franz Anatol Wyss (born May 1, 1940 in Fulenbach , Switzerland ) is a Swiss painter .
After an apprenticeship as a flat painter at the Lucerne School of Applied Arts , Franz Anatol Wyss studied at the Zurich School of Applied Arts and was a student of the etcher Bruno Stamm . He has been a freelance artist since 1966 and mainly works in the field of etching and drawing . As early as early 1966, he was able to publish images in the underground magazine "The Cthulhu News" by Robert A. Fischer . He found artistic inspiration on several trips to France , Germany and Italy, among others . Today he lives in Fulenbach and works in his studio in Murgenthal . His works have been shown in several Swiss exhibitions, for example in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Le Locle, in the Zurich gallery Hufschmidt or in the Heimatmuseum Dornach.
Awards (selection)
- 2002 Art Prize of the Canton of Solothurn
- 1994 Prize of the Fondazione Adolfo Carmine, IV. International Graphic Biennale, Florence / Italy
- 1992 1st prize in the Le Locle graphics triennial
- 1984 Diploma from the International Graphic Biennale, Taipei / Taiwan
- 1972 Award of the Canton of Zurich
- 1972 Copernicus Prize, Krakow Biennial / Poland
Works in public collections (selection)
- Kunsthaus Grenchen
- Art Museum Olten
- Solothurn Art Museum
- ETH Zurich , graphic collection
- Kunsthaus Zürich , graphic collection
literature
- Peter Andre Bloch : Prize Pro Wartenfels to Franz Anatol Wyss . In: Oltner Neujahrsblätter, Vol. 69, 2011, pp. 64–69.
Web links
- Website by Franz Anatol Wyss
- Martin Kraft: Wyss, Franz Anatol. In: Sikart
- Literature by and about Franz Anatol Wyss in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Michael Hiltbrunner: The Cthulhu News. In: Helmhaus Zurich (ed.): The triangle of love. Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2015, pp. 22–25.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wyss, Franz Anatol |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fulenbach |