Dmitri Vrubel
Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Врубель; 14 July 1960 – 14 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.
Vrubel died on 14 August 2022, at the age of 62 from problems caused by COVID-19 at the age of 62.[2]
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."".
- ↑ Умер художник Дмитрий Врубель (in Russian)