1949
Participating in group exhibitions at Künstlerhaus and Wiener Sezession, Vienna, Austria; under guidance of Professor Josef Dobrowsky and Josef Hoffmann, president of the Wiener Sezession.


1950
City Hall, Vienna, Austria; pastels and drawings.

Studies with Herbert Boeckel. Portrait series of actors from the Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria.

Albertina acquires portrait of "Maria Becker."


1951
French Cultural Institute, Vienna, Austria; abstract paintings and monotypes.

Director Josef Gregor acquires Rutsch painting for the Austrian National Library.

Fritz Wotruba, Herbert Boeckel and Josef Gregor advocate Rutsch's scholarship for Paris.

Galerie nachst St. Stephen, Vienna, Austria; abstract paintings and monotypes.



1952
Austrian Ministry of Education acquires Rutsch painting.

Galerie Würthle, Vienna, Austria; landscapes and figures.

American Cultural Center, Vienna, Austria; paintings and monotypes.

Departure for Paris.



1953
Pierre Bertin and Jean-Louis Barrault invite Rutsch to draw scenes from Paul Claudel's Partage de Midi at Théâtre Marigny, Paris, France.

Rutsch continues Claudel-Series with Le Soulier de Satin and Columbus.

Cercle Paul Valery invites Rutsch to lecture on art at the Sorbonne, Paris, France.


1954
Introduction to Paul Claudel.

Salon Aristique International de Saceux, Paris, France; paintings. First prize for L'Abue.

Exhibition at Austrian Cultural Institute, Paris, France; paintings.

Galerie Barbetienne, Paris, France; paintings. Picasso visits exhibition, poses for portraits; introduction to Léger.


1957
Exhibition at Galerie Matignon, Paris, France.

City of Paris awards Rutsch Hommage de Paris.


1958
International Exhibit World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium.

Exhibition at Galerie du Regent; paintings, Brussels, Belgium.

Receives Silver Medal Arts, Science and Letters; Paris, France.


1959
Exhibition at Salle d'emullation I'A.P.I.A.W., Liége, Belgium.

Exhibition at Galerie Fonteyne, Louvain, Belgium; paintings.


1961
Exhibition at Palace de Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium.

Museum of Liége acquires Rutsch painting.

Exhibition at Galerie Fonteyne, Louvain, Belgium; paintings.


1962
Exhibition at Galerie Espace, Paris, France.


1963
Exhibition at Galerie Fonteyne, Louvain, Belgium; paintings.


1964
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, France; 100 Years of Surrealism, Arp, Ernst, Giacometti, Duchamp, Dali, Miro, Chagall, Magritte, Rutsch a.o.

Collaboration with Dali.


1965
Exhibition at Galerie Vendome, Brussels, Belgium.

Exhibition at Austrian Institute, New York, New York.


1966
Grand Palais des Champs Elysees, Paris, France.

Salon de Comparaisons Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France.

Prize-winning film presentation of "Le Monde de Rutsch" by Jean Desvilles at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Biennial.

Exhibition at Casino de Cannes, paintings; Cannes, France.


1967
Exhibition at Galeria Jean-Pierre Borg, Paris, France.

Exhibition at Carlton Gallery, New York, New York.


1968
Marriage to Kathy Stolow.


1969
Collaboration with Dali is documented in Carlton Lake's book In Quest of Dali, Putnam Sons, New York, New York.


1970
Exhibition at Galerie Burgin, Basel, Switzerland.


1971
Exhibition at Galerie St. Louis, Morges, Switzerland.


1972
Exhibition at Green Island Gallery, City Island, New York.

IBM produces the film documentary "The Inner Eye of Alexander Rutsch," directed by Roger Seiler.


1974
Exhibition at Avanti Gallery, New York, New York.


1975
Walter Cronkite unveils portrait by Rutsch at the Harkness House, New York, New York.

Exhibition at Avanti Gallery, New York, New York.


1976
Exhibition at Pelham Art Center, Pelham, New York.

Exhibition at Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut.


1977
Exhibition at Clay Gallery, New York, New York.

Artist of the Year awarded by The International Beaux Arts.


1978
Exhibition at Ta-Nisia Gallery, New York, New York.


1979
Exhibition at Hansen Gallery, New York, New York.


1980
Exhibition at Art Forum Gallery, Harrison, New York.

Exhibition at Avanti Gallery, New York, New York.


1981
Exhibition at Gallery 410, New York, New York.


1982
Exhibition at New Rochelle Library, New Rochelle, New York.

Exhibition at The Manor Club, Pelham, New York.

Exhibition at North Salem Gallery, North Salem, New York.


1983
Exhibition at Pelham Art Center, Pelham, New York.

Exhibition at Blumka II Gallery, New York, New York.

Artist of the Year awarded by The International Beaux Arts.


1984
Exhibition at Blumka II Gallery, New York, New York.

Exhibition at International House, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Honorary Citizen of New Orleans.

New Orleans Museum of Art acquires Rutsch painting.


1985
Exhibition at Austrian Institute, New York, New York.

Albertina under directorship of Walter Koschatzky acquires Rutsch painting; Vienna, Austria.


1986
Exhibition at Blumka II Gallery, New York, New York.

Exhibition at Greenburgh Library, Greenburgh, New York.


1987
Exhibition at Greenburgh Library, Greenburgh, New York.

Exhibition at Wiesner Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.

Exhibition at Chassidic Art Institute, Brooklyn, New York.


1988
Soeln Galleries, New York, Omaha, Vienna in conjunction with Operation Bridge, Omaha, Nebraska.

Honorary Citizen of Omaha, Nebraska.

Admiral of the Navy of Nebraska.

Exhibition at Alena Adlung Gallery, New York, New York.


1989
Exhibition at Galerie Peter Fischinger in Stuttgart, Germany.

Exhibition at Galerie Maringer in St. Polten, Austria.

Museum of Lower Austria acquires Rutsch painting.

Exhibition at Bustamente Gallery, New York, New York.


1991
Exhibition at Cleveland, Ohio.


1992
Exhibition at Stuttgart, Germany.


1993
Exhibition at Wurzbürg, Germany.

Commissioned to build sculpture group for the World Conference for Human Rights, Vienna, Austria.

Builds sculpture garden (62 wood sculptures) at Wildcliff New Rochelle, New York.


1994
Exhibit at Weihergut Gallarie in Salzburg, Austria.

Exhibit at BAWAG Foundation in Vienna, Austria.


1995
Exhibit at Weihergut Gallarie in Salzburg, Austria.

Portrait commissioned of His Holiness Pope Paul II dedicated October 5 in New York City at the Holy See to the United Nations for the visit of His Holiness.

Sculpture "Coming Together" dedicated in Philadelphia, PA, at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University.


1996
Exhibit at Arte Domus, Belgium.


1997
Exhibit at Instituto Austraco in Milan, Italy.

Exhibit at Arte Domus, Belgium.


1998
Retrospective Exhibit at Frauenbad in Baden, Austria.

Retrospective Exhibit at Pelham Art Center in Pelham, New York.

2003
Retrospective Exhibit at Frauenbad in Baden, Austria.




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