Marcel Wyss

Year of birth, place
1930, Bern, Switzerland
Year of death, place
2012, Bern, Switzerland
Biography
Marcel Wyss was trained as a graphic designer (1946–1950) and studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Bern. 1953 co-founded with Dieter Roth and Eugen Gomringer the magazine »Spirale. Internationale Zeitschrift für junge Kunst«, which existed until 1964. 1953 founding member of the Galerie 33 in Bern. As a graphic designer he also worked with Karl Gerstner for GGK (Gerstner, Gredinger + Kutter). Member of the group Allianz. He lives in Bern, CH.
Exhib.: 1960, »Konkrete Kunst. 50 Jahre Entwicklung«, Helmhaus, Zurich.
Lit.: co-publisher of »Spirale. Internationale Zeitschrift für junge Kunst« (1953–1964).

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