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Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Врубель; 14 July 1960 – 14 August 2022) was a Russian painter. He was best known for his East Side Gallery-painting My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love, depicting the kissing communist leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker.

Mein Gott, hilf mir diese tödliche Liebe zu überleben on the Berlin Wall.
Mein Gott, hilf mir diese tödliche Liebe zu überleben on the Berlin Wall.
Vrubel during the restoration
Vrubel during the restoration

Vrubel was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. His surname is a russification of the common Polish surname Wróbel.


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.[1]


Work


Vrubel's most famous work is the graffiti piece, painted on the Berlin Wall entitled My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love which depicts the kissing communist leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker.[2]

It was inspired by a photograph captured by photographer Regis Bossu depicting a socialist fraternal kiss between the leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker in 1979, during a celebration of the 30 years of the GDR.[3]

In 2009, the painting was removed by the authorities as part of a cleaning effort in order to have it repainted by Vrubel.[4][5]


Other works


In 2001, he and his wife, Viktoria Timofeyeva, created a large format calendar containing portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin called "The 12 moods of Putin".[6] Each page of the calendar portrayed a different image of Putin and was an unexpected hit with the Moscow population.[6][7]


Death


Vrubel died in Berlin from complications of COVID-19 on 14 August 2022, at the age of 62.[8]


References


  1. Schuetze, Christopher F. (19 August 2022). "Dmitri Vrubel, Who Planted a Kiss on the Berlin Wall, Dies at 62". The New York Times.
  2. "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."
  3. A photo here: Kisses which made history, repubblica.it.
  4. Göbel, Malte (27 March 2009). "Kiss of Death: Officials Erase Historic Berlin Wall Mural". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  5. Paterson, Tony (28 March 2009). "The stolen kiss: The Berlin Wall mural is erased". The Independent. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  6. "'Twelve moods of Putin' hits Russia". BBC News. 6 December 2001. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  7. "Next, they ought to do a t-shirt". United Press International. 7 December 2001. Retrieved 18 June 2009.[dead link]
  8. "Умер художник Дмитрий Врубель" [Dmirtri Vrubel died]. The Insider (in Russian). 14 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.


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На других языках

[de] Dmitri Wladimirowitsch Wrubel

Dmitri Wladimirowitsch Wrubel (russisch Дмитрий Владимирович Врубель; * 14. Juli 1960 in Moskau; † 14. August 2022 in Berlin) war ein russischer Maler und Mitglied der Piratenpartei Deutschland.
- [en] Dmitri Vrubel

[es] Dmitri Vrúbel

Dmitri Vladímirovich Vrúbel (nacido el 14 de julio de 1960) es un pintor ruso, conocido mayoritariamente por su murales Mein Gott hilf mir, diese tödliche Liebe zu überleben (Dios mío, ayúdame a sobrevivir a este amor mortal) y Gracias, Andréi Sájarov, pintados en 1990 en la East Side Gallery, sobre los restos del muro de Berlín.[1]

[fr] Dmitri Vrubel

Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel (en russe : Дмитрий Владимирович Врубель), né le 14 juillet 1960 à Moscou, est un artiste russe de street art.

[it] Dmitri Vrubel

Dmitrij Vladimirovič Vrubel' (in russo Дмитрий Владимирович Врубель; Mosca, 14 giugno 1960) è un pittore russo.

[ru] Врубель, Дмитрий Владимирович

Дми́трий Влади́мирович Вру́бель (14 июля 1960, Москва — 14 августа 2022[1], Берлин[2]) — российский и немецкий художник, представитель стиля соц-арт, известный главным образом как автор граффити «Господи! Помоги мне выжить среди этой смертной любви», которое стало одним из символов воссоединённой Германии[3]. С 2010 года постоянно проживал в Берлине[4][5].


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