Dmitri Vrubel
Dmitri Vrubel | |
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Vrubel during restoration of his artwork | |
| Born | Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel July 14, 1960 |
| Died | August 13, 2022 (aged 62) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Pedagogical University |
| Notable work | My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love |
| Style | Street art |
| Movement | Sots Art |
| Spouse | Viktoria Timofeyeva |
| Relatives | Igor Kalugin |
Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Врубель; 14 July 1960 – 13 August 2022) was a Russian painter. He was best known for his painting My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love, which showed communist leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker kissing.[1] This painting was graffiti on the Berlin Wall. He was born in Moscow.
Early life
He was the only child of two engineers. He started painting at 15 and studied at the graphic art department of the Moscow State V.I. Lenin Pedagogical Institute.[2]
Death
Vrubel died in Berlin from complications of COVID-19 on 14 August 2022, at the age of 62.[3]
References
- ↑ "Keep a Shadow of the Wall". The New York Times. 2 December 1990. pp. Section 4 page 18 of the New York edition. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
In a lampoon of Socialist Realism, a Soviet artist, Dmitri Vrubel, depicts the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kissing East Germany's former party boss, Erich Honecker. A caption says "God help me to survive this deadly love affair."
- ↑ Schuetze, Christopher F. (19 August 2022). "Dmitri Vrubel, Who Planted a Kiss on the Berlin Wall, Dies at 62". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Умер художник Дмитрий Врубель" [Dmirtri Vrubel died]. The Insider (in Russian). 14 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.