Dmitri Vrubel

Mein Gott, hilf mir diese tödliche Liebe zu überleben

Vrubel during the restoration

Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Врубель; born 14 July 1960) is a Russian painter, 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.^[1] The painting was inspired by the kiss they had in 1979, during the celebration of the 30 years of the GDR.^[2] In 2009 the painting was destroyed by the authorities, in order to have it repainted by Vrubel.^[3][4]

In 2001, he and his wife, Viktoria Timofeyeva, created a limited edition large format calendar containing portraits of Russian President, Vladimir Putin called "The 12 moods of Putin".^[5] Each page of the calendar portrayed a different image of Putin and was an unexpected hit with the Moscow population.^[5][6]

References

1. ^ "Keep a Shadow of the Wall". The New York Times: pp. Section 4 page 18 of the New York edition.. December 2, 1990. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/02/opinion/keep-a-shadow-of-the-wall.html. Retrieved 2009-06-18. "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. ^ A photo here: Kisses which made history, repubblica.it.
3. ^ Göbel, Malte (27 March 2009). "Kiss of Death: Officials Erase Historic Berlin Wall Mural". Der Spiegel. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,615900,00.html. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
4. ^ Paterson, Tony (28 March 2009). "The stolen kiss: The Berlin Wall mural is erased". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/the-stolen-kiss-the-berlin-wall-mural-is-erased-1656053.html. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "'Twelve moods of Putin' hits Russia". BBC News. 6 December 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1694236.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
6. ^ "Next, they ought to do a t-shirt". United Press International. 7 December 2001. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-48679839.html. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 

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Name	Vrubel,Dmitri
Alternative names	Vrubel,Dmitrij
Short description	Russian painter
Date of birth	14 July 1960
Place of birth	Russia
Date of death
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