Two marking graffiti killed by a Brooklyn subway train have been identified as famous French graffiti artists whose works have been exhibited around the world.
- Pierre Odeber, 28, and Julien Blanc, 34, were fatally hit by a №3 train traveling to Manhattan between late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning
- Their bodies were found around 6:40 a.m. in Brownsville, Brooklyn, by a train operator pulling toward Sutter Ave.-Rutland Road.
- Two French passports along with several boxes of spray paint were found at the scene, and police believe the couple was walking to a nearby train station to mark
- The couple’s street art has been shown in Italy, Spain and Morocco, according to French news websites.
- Connexion France reported that the two “wanted to make their dream of painting the interior of the New York subway” come true.
By Matt McNulty for Dailymail.Com
Posted: 17:51, 23 April 2022 | Updated: 6:30 p.m., April 23, 2022
Two graffiti artists who were killed by an oncoming train while marking a Brooklyn subway station have been identified as famous French artists Pierre Odeber and Julien Blanc.
Odebert, 28, and Blanc, 34, were fatally hit by a №3 train to Manhattan in Brownsville late Tuesday night.
The New York Daily News reports that their bodies were found around 6:40 a.m. Wednesday by a train operator heading to the elevated Sutter Ave.-Rutland Road station.
Two French passports were found at the scene, along with several boxes of spray paint.
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Pierre Odeber, 28, right, and Julien Blanc, 34, left, were both famous French graffiti artists.
The two were fatally hit by a train № 3 to Manhattan in Brownsville, pictured, between late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning
The discovery of their bodies disrupted the service on line No. 3 in both directions
Audebert, whose label name is Full1, and Blanc, whose label name is Jibeone, are reportedly widely known in Toulouse, France.
The couple’s street art is on display in Italy, Spain and Morocco, according to French news websites.
Connexion France reported that the two “wanted to make their dream of painting the interior of the New York subway” come true.
“I thought of them as brothers,” French-Algerian street artist Ceet Fouad told Odeber and Blanc.
“I’m completely overwhelmed.”
Pictured: the name of Blanc’s label on the roof of a high-rise building in Manhattan
The works of French graffiti artists are exhibited around the world
Blanc’s street art is on display in an undiscovered European gallery
Another of Blanc’s works of street art on display in a gallery
Exhibited street art by Julien Blanc, whose name was Jibeone
Exhibited two large outdoor trash cans, used as a canvas by street artist and graffiti artist Julien Blanc
Siet Fouad told the paper that he had traveled to New York with the duo on a promotional tour and initially believed they had been arrested when he first lost contact with them.
“When I saw on the news that two people had been hit by a train at the place where they wanted to go, I immediately made the connection,” he added.
Blanc’s Instagram page, which features photos of his street art, includes a spray with his name painted on a subway train and on the roof of a high-rise building in Manhattan.
Since then, his family has started asking for donations in light of his death and describes him as a father and husband.
“On April 20, 2022, we lost our pillar,” the family wrote.
Julien was a father, a husband, a son, a brother, a friend.
Audebert, 28, left, passed the name of the label Full1 and Blanc, right, whose marker name was Jibeone
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