Grisha Bruskin

Grisha Bruskin (born October 21, 1945)[1] is a Russian artist known as a painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

Between 1963 and 1968, he studied at the Moscow Textile Institute (Art Department).

Bruskin's participation in the famous Sotheby's auction in Moscow (1988) brought him worldwide fame when his piece Fundamental Lexicon was sold for a record price.

In 1999, at the invitation of the German government and as a representative of Russia, Bruskin created a monumental triptych, Life Above All, for the reconstructed Reichstag in Berlin.

He is one of the best-known and most successful contemporary artists of Russian origins.