M.A. Vrubel

Obverse

the two-headed eagle (designed by I.Bilibin), the letters under it indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the mint trademark and the fine metal content. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «150 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г.» (150 RUBLES 1994), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Reverse

to the left - a self-portrait of Mikhail Vrubel, under it - a palette with brushes, to the right - a fragment of Vrubel's painting "The Demon" (seated), the inscriptions along the rim: at the top — "РОССИЯ И МИРОВАЯ КУЛЬТУРА" (RUSSIA AND WORLD CULTURE), at the bottom - "М. ВРУБЕЛЬ" (M. VRUBEL).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova
Leningrad Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: 240 corrugations

Mikhail Andreyevich Vrubel (March 17 (5), 1856-April 14 (1), 1910) - a Russian painter whose work ("The Demon", "Lilac", "Pan") are noted for the dramatic intensity of colour and "crystalline" lucidity. Vrubel also worked for the theatre, fresco-painted the St. Cyril's Church in Kiev (1884-1889), illustrated Mikhail Lermontov's poem "The Demon" and created some modernistic objects d'art (the studies "An Egyptian Woman" and "Mizgir" for a majolica sculpture).