Franz Anatol Wyss

{{short description|Swiss painter}}

Franz Anatol Wyss (born Fulenbach, May 1, 1940) is a Swiss painter.{{citation|title=Swiss art 1960-1990: the younger generation : the Gotthard Bank collection|volume=14 of Catalogues of Swiss museums and collections|agency = Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft|publisher=Benteli Verlag|year=1992|pages=7–9, 306|isbn=978-3-7165-0813-8}}

Wyss trained in the School of Art and Design (Kunstgewerbeschule) in Lucerne between 1960 and 1961 and then the Art School of Zurich from 1965-66 with Bruno Stamm.{{cite web|url=http://www.franzanatolwyss.ch/?inc=biographie/biographie.asp|title=Biographie|publisher=Franz Anatol Wyss|accessdate=22 February 2011}} In 1975 he published Franz Anatol Wyss, Zürich: Druckgraphik 1966-1975 with the Kunstmuseum Olten. Since 1985 his studio has been in Murgenthal. He was noted for his "oppressive inaglios".{{cite book|title=The print collector's newsletter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BnrrAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=22 February 2011|date=1 January 1994|publisher=Print Collector's Newsletter, inc.|page=16}} In addition to drawings and engravings, since 1985 he has produced large format acrylic paintings. Four of his drawings are in the collection of the Gottard Bank, a collection used for decoration in the Bank as well as for exhibitions in the Galleria Gottardo and intended to represent the work of leading post-war contemporary Swiss artists.

In 1992 he showcased his work in Berlin.{{cite book|author=Bund Schweizer Architekten|title=Werk, Bauen + Wohnen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gJ1UAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=22 February 2011|year=1994|publisher=Verlegergemeinschaft Werk, Bauen + Wohnen}} In 1997 he extensively visited Italy and in 1999 studied in France.