Mikhail German

Mikhail Yurievich German
Born(1933-02-23)23 February 1933
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Died7 May 2018(2018-05-07) (aged 85)
St. Petersburg, Russia
Resting placeSmolensky Cemetery, St. Petersburg
OccupationWriter, Art Historian
LanguageRussian, French, English
NationalitySoviet, Russian
Genrescientific monograph, essays, prose
Years active1959 - 2018

Mikhail Yurievich German (Russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ге́рман; 23 February 1933 – 7 May 2018) was a Russian art historian, active in St. Petersburg. The elder son to novelist Yuri German and half-brother to filmmaker Aleksei German, he was known for monographs on Western painting.

Awards

  • Tsarskoselskaya art award (2007) [1][2]
  • Prize "Nevsky Prospekt"[3]
  • Prize of the Government of St. Petersburg in the category of "prose" for the book "The Elusive Paris".

Bibliography

Selected books

Mikhail Herman is the author of over 50 books and numerous publications in print media devoted to the problems of the history and contemporary development of art.

  • Podlaski (1959)
  • Daumier, Honore (1962)
  • David (1964)
  • On Seven Hills (1965)
  • Hogarth (1971)
  • Leonid Semyonovich Khizhinsky (1972)
  • Antwerp. Gent. Brugge (1974)
  • William Hogarth and his time (1977)
  • Antoine Watteau (1980)
  • The Universe of the Painter (1982)

Articles

  • Georgy Kovenchuk (Exhibition catalog. "Matisse Club"). — St. Petersburg: Mathis Club. 2005. — 32 p. [without pagination].[4] (Rus).

References

  1. ^ Efimova M. (October 18, 2007). "VIRGOSTAN in Tsarskoe Selo". Saint-Petersburg Statements. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  2. ^ "In Pushkin was awarded the "Tsarskoye Selo Prize"". GTRK St. Petersburg, Russia. October 19, 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  3. ^ Samoylov, Aleksandr (8 June 2009). "Лауреатов «невского проспекта» назвали в пушкинском доме". Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  4. ^ George Kovenchuk. Exhibition catalog