2016年8月10日,著名俄裔美籍雕塑家恩斯特·涅依兹韦斯内在纽约去世,享年91岁。这位“俄罗斯荣誉勋章”获得者在苏联卫国战争期间有过出生入死的经历,因此他才得以用自己的艺术歌颂生和死的奥秘。前苏联领导人赫鲁晓夫的遗愿是请他为自己设计墓碑,而生前赫鲁晓夫却当众辱骂过他的作品“就是一头毛驴用尾巴甩,也能比这画得好。” August 10, 2016, the famous Russian-American sculptor Ernst Nizweweisi died in New York at the age of 91. The “Russian Medal of Honor” winner had been born and wounded during the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War, so he was able to sing the mystery of life and death with his own art. Former Soviet leader Khrushchev’s last wish was to ask him to design a tombstone for himself, but before his death Khrushchev insulted his work “is a donkey thrown with a tail, but also better than this.”