Dmitri Vrubel
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.
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| Born | July 14, 1960 Moscow, USSR |
| Died | August 13, 2022 (aged 62) Berlin, Germany |
| Movement | Sots Art |
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: Section 4 page 18 of the New York edition.. 2 December 1990. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/02/opinion/keep-a-shadow-of-the-wall.html. 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. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/19/world/europe/dmitri-vrubel-dead.html?action=click&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-time-cutoff-30_impression_cut_3_filter_new_arm_5_1&alpha=0.05&block=more_in_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=7765339&impression_id=01a7f173-245f-11ed-a290-132a39d91fe6&index=3&pgtype=Article&pool=more_in_pools%2Feurope®ion=footer&req_id=760138773&surface=eos-more-in&variant=0_bandit-all-surfaces-time-cutoff-30_impression_cut_3_filter_new_arm_5_1.
- ↑ Умер художник Дмитрий Врубель. 14 August 2022. https://theins.ru/news/254118. Retrieved 15 August 2022.