1948 
Born in Winterthur, Switzerland

2006 
Died in New York

Education: 
Form und Farbe Schule für Gestaltung, Zürich


Selected solo exhibitions:

1980
Galerie Apartment, Geneva
Galerie Palette, Zürich

1983
Galerie Brigitta Rosenberg, Zürich

1984
Galerie Kunstverein Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen

1985
Galerie Michelle Zeller, Bern

1986
Galerie Brigitta Rosenberg, Zürich

1988
Galerie Brigitta Rosenberg, Zürich

1991
Works 1990-1991, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zürich

1992
Black Paintings, Galerie am See, Zug

1995
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York
Rudolf de Crignis-Eclipse-Paintings, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur
Galerie am See, Zug

1996
Galerij S 65, Belgium
Centre d'art contemporain de Demigny, Demigny, France

1997
Painting: An Installation, Stark Gallery, New York

1998
Charlotte Jackson Gallery, Santa Fe
Paintings, Galerij S 65, Belgium

1999
Paintings, Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf

2000
John Cage / Rudolf de Crignis, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York
Paintings, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston

2001
Charlotte Jackson Gallery, Santa Fe
Studies and Painting, Artothek, Köln
Changing Daylight, Peter Blum, New York

2002
Malerei, Galerie S 65, Köln
three grey paintings-one radiant lemon yellow, Galleria Valeria Belvedere, Milano

2003
Rudolf de Crignis, Paintings, Peter Blum, New York
John Cage - Rudolf de Crignis, Galerie Sabine Knust, München 
5 Paintings = 1 Work, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn

2004
CCNOA, Bruxelles
Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Rosskopf, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg

2005
Rudolf de Crignis recent and earlier works, Galerie S 65, Köln

2006
Surface, Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek, Graphische Sammlung, Bern
Grays, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg

2008
Rudolf de Crignis - Paintings 1992 to 2006, Peter Blum Chelsea, New York

2009
Visionary Collection Vol. 10 - Rudolf de Crignis, Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland
Arbeiten auf Papier - Works on Paper, Galerie Rosenberg, Zürich, Switzerland
grays and blues, Lawrence Markey, San Antonio

2010
Canvas and Paper, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York

2012
Rudolf de Crignis: New York 1985 - 2006, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York

2013
Rudolf de Crignis / MATRIX 245, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive

2016
Rudolf de Crignis: 14 Paintings, Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York

2019    
Light, Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York