Mikhail German

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.

Mikhail Yurievich German
Born	(1933-02-23)23 February 1933 Leningrad, Soviet Union
Died	7 May 2018(2018-05-07) (aged 85) St. Petersburg, Russia
Resting place	Smolensky Cemetery, St. Petersburg
Occupation	Writer, Art Historian
Language	Russian, French, English
Nationality	Soviet, Russian
Genre	scientific monograph, essays, prose
Years active	1959 - 2018

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).