Mikhail German

Mikhail Yurievich German (Russian: Михаил Юрьевич Герман; 23 February 1933 – 7 May 2018) was a Soviet and Russian writer, art historian, doctor of art criticism, professor, and member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA), International Council of Museums (ICOM), International PEN Club, Union of Russian Writers, Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). He was a leading researcher at the Russian Museum.

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

Father - Yuri Pavlovich German, mother - Lyudmila Vladimirovna (née Reysler), brother - (by father) Alexey Herman.

Wife - Natalia Viktorovna Chernova-Herman.

In 1957 he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

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 2012-06-20. 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
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