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| Rudolf de Crignis, the master of blue, applied a multitude of very thin layers of paint, most of them blue, some of other colors, before applying the final coat of blue. The result in each case is a stunning variation on blue, subtle and compelling. |
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| Rudolf de Crignis, the master of blue, applied a multitude of very thin layers of paint, most of them blue, some of other colors, before applying the final coat of blue. The result in each case is a stunning variation on blue, subtle and compelling. |
 Painting #01-39 2001 Cinnabar green light/manganese violet reddish (Old Holland) Ultramarine blue/Royal blue Oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches |
 Painting #01-34, 2001 Oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches |
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| Born in Winterthur, Switzerland ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2002 Painting, Gallery S65, Köln Three Gray Paintings, One Radiant Lemon Yellow, Gallery Valeria Belvedere, Milan 2001 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe Studies and Paintings, Artothek, Köln Changing Daylight, Peter Blum, New York 2000 Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York (John Cage/Rudolf de Crignis) Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston 1999 Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf (curated by Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York) 1998 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe Galerie S65, Aalst (catalogue) 1997 Stark Gallery, New York, (catalogue) 1996 Galerie S65, Aalst Centre d'art contemporain de Demigny, France (catalogue) 1995 Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur (catalogue) Galerie am See, Zug 1992 Galerie am See, Zug 1991 Stiftung für Konstruktive und Konkrete Kunst, Zürich (catalogue) 1988 Galerie Brigitta Rosenberg, Zürich 1986 Galerie Brigitta Rosenberg, Zürich 1985 Galerie Michelle Zeller, Bern 1984 Galerie Kunstverein Schauffhausen, Schauffhausen 1983 Galerie Brigitta Rosenberg, Zürich 1980 Galerie Apartment, Geneva Galerie Palette, Zürich SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2002 7 Grays, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, organized by Dan Walsh 2001 Monochrome/Monochrome?, curated by Lilly Wei, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York Chroma (Stephan Baumkötter, Rudolf de Crignis, Stefan Gritsch, Alexis Harding, Ingo Meller), Galerie Krohn, Badenweiler Paintings/Photographs, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston 2000 Das Gedächnis der Malerei (The Memory of Painting), Kunsthaus Aarau, Aarau (catalogue) Über die wirklichkeit (About Reality), Diözesanmuseum Köln (catalogue) Paintings, ESSO Gallery, New York 1999 99 respektive 59, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (catalogue) Color-based Paintings, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco Rudolf de Crignis, Friederike van Duiven, Chritiane Rasch, Atelier Kluser Schule, Lüdenscheid (catalogue) Radical Silences, Aus der Sammlung Rosskopf, in den Galerieräumen der Fa. Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg Color-based Paintings, Jan Maiden Fine Art, Columbus 1998 Farbe 2, Galerie Monika Reitz, Frankfurt A Space Between, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York Müette conversation des yeux, Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel Color-based Paintings, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe Visible, Schweizerische Landesbibliothek, Bern (catalogue) Regle et deviance, Musee d'art et d'histoire, Neuchâtel 1997 Regel und Abweichung, Stiftung für Konstruktive und Konkrete Kunst, Zürich (catalogue) Phil Sims, Ulrich Wellmann, Rudolf de Criginis, Galeries Giselle Linder, Basel Blau-Weiss, Galerie am See, Zug J'aime toutes les coleurs parce que mon ame est obscure, Centre d'art contemporain de Demigny, France. Issues of Abstraction, Margrete Roeder Gallery, New York Seit 1970, Sammlungsaustellung, Kunsthaus Aarau, Aarau 1995 Minimalist Strategies, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York konstruktive konzepte, Galerie am See, Zug 1994 ….x zweidimensional, Stiftung fur Konstruktive und Konkrete Kunst, Zürich 1993 das einfache ist das schwierige, Kunsthaus Zug, Zug 1992 366 Zeichnungen, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich 1990 Between Two Worlds, Credit Suisse, New York 1989 Means, PS 122 Gallery, New York Hudson River Open 89, The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Yonkers, New York 1988 GMHC Contemporary Art Auction, Sotheby's, New York 6th Biennale de Schweizer Kunst, St. Gallen (catalogue) 1980 12 Junge Künstler aus der Schweiz, Part 1, InK, Zürich (catalogue) 1976 The environment, Pavilion of Switzerland, 35th Biennale, Venice BIBLIOGRAPHY Baker, Kenneth, "Monochrome Rules," San Francisco Chronicle, May 29, 1999 Besson, Christian, La lumiere de la peinture, catalogue, Centre d'art contemporain de Demigny, 1996 Bieri, Susanne, Visible, catalogue, prints and drawings Brennan, Michael, "Issues of Abstraction," at Margarete Roeder Gallery, ArtNet, New York, September 1997 Cohen, Mark Daniel, "Changing Daylight at Peter Blum Gallery," Reviewny.com, New York, February 15, 2001 Gronert, Stefan, "Das Ereignis der Sichtbarkeit," Bonn, November 1999 Grossmann, Elizabeth, Die unterlegte Geometrie, catalogue, Regeln & Abweichung, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zürich De Weck, Ziba, catologue, Rudolf de Crignis, Swiss Institute, New York, 1989 Ermen, Reinhard, "Rudolf de Crignis, Color Paintings," Kunstforum International, Bd. 142, October 1998 Gerster, Ulrich, "Hinter der Farbhaut," Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1995 Hall, Dieter, "Ruedi de Crignis," Dokumentation #7, InK, Zürich, 1981 Hollenstein, Roman, "Painting and Structure," Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich, November 10, 1988 Hollenstein, Roman, Intuitive Color Fields, catalogue, Rudolf de Crignis, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zürich, 1991 Imdahl, Georg, "Rudolf de Crignis" bei Cora Hölzl, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt, April 17, 1999 Killer, Peter, catalogue, Moderne Kunst - Unsere - Gegenwart, Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfaffikon, 1985 Killer, Peter, catalogue Helvet'art, 6th Biennale der Schweizer Kunst, St. Gallen, 1988. Koella, Rudolf, Ansprache Rudolf de Crignis, Kunsthalle Winterthur, October 14, 1995 Koerver, Jens Peter, catalogue, im Rahmen des Märkischen Stipendiums 1999, Friedericke van Duiven, ein symposium zum Thema Linien Kraus, Stephan, "Studies and Painting," Artothek, Köln, July 01 Kuoni, Karin, Rudolf de Crignis bei Eric Stark, Kunst-Bulletin #4, Zürich Lambrecht, Luke, blue, blue, nothing but blue, De Morgen, Bruxelles, November 8, 1996 McQuaid, Cate, "De Crignis Blues Offer a Feast for the Eyes," Boston Globe, January 13, 2000 Mitchell, Charles Dee, "Rudolf de Crignis at Peter Blum," Art in America, October 2001 Müller, Sabine, "Nur Farbe: Ultramarineblau, Zinkweiss, Scheveningen Zitronengelb" Müller, Sabine, catalogue, One Painting, Gallery S65, Aalst, 1998 Sidler, Pius, Von Schwarzer Farbe getränkt, Zuger Nachrichten, Zug, October 1, 1992. Volk, Gregory, "8 Paintings, 21 Drawings and a Table," essay in catalogue for Painting: An Installation, Stark Gallery, New York, 1997. Wismer, Beat, "Painting: Albeit a lonely affair," essay in catalogue for Rudolf de Crignis, Kunsthalle Winterthur, 1995. Wolf, Conradin, Tages-Anzeiger, Zürich, September 24, 1988. FELLOWSHIPS 1989 Forderungsspreids der Camille Graesser-Stiftung, Zürich 1985 Stipendium der Stadt Zürich 1981 Stipendium der Stadt Zürich 1979 Stipendium des Kantons Zürich 1979 Stipendium der Stadt Zürich 1978 Eidgenossisches Bundesstipendium 1977 Stipendium des Kantons Zürich 1976 Eidgenossisches Bundesstipendium 1976 Stipendium des Kantons Zürich 1976 Stipendium der Stadt Zürich COLLECTIONS Kunsthaus Aarau, Aarau Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Boston Prints and Drawings Department, Swiss National Library, Bern Collection Panza di Biumo, Varese Collection Werner Kramarsky, New York Collection Bank Sarasin, Basel Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham Haus für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zürich Erzbischöfliches Diözesanmuseum, Köln Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich |
