Dmitri Vrubel
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| 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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]Vrubel died in Berlin from complications of COVID-19 on 14 August 2022, at the age of 62.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "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.
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