Dmitri Vrubel

Dmitri Vrubel
Vrubel during restoration of his artwork
Born
Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel

(1960-07-14)July 14, 1960
Moscow, USSR
DiedAugust 13, 2022(2022-08-13) (aged 62)
Berlin, Germany
Alma materMoscow State Pedagogical University
Notable workMy God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love
StyleStreet art
MovementSots Art
SpouseViktoria Timofeyeva
RelativesIgor 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. 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.

Death

Vrubel died in Berlin from complications of COVID-19 on 14 August 2022, at the age of 62.

References

  1. ↑ "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."
  2. ↑ Schuetze, Christopher F. (19 August 2022). "Dmitri Vrubel, Who Planted a Kiss on the Berlin Wall, Dies at 62". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Умер художник Дмитрий Врубель" [Dmirtri Vrubel died]. The Insider (in Russian). 14 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.