Mikhail Yurievich German (russian: Михаил Юрьевич Герман; 23 February 19337 May 2018) was a

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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 The State Russian Museum (russian: Государственный Русский музей), formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on ...

. 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) * Prize "Nevsky Prospekt" * 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 Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: *Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright and ...

'' (1972) * ''Antwerp. Gent. Brugge'' (1974) * ''William Hogarth and his time'' (1977) * ''

Antoine Watteau Jean-Antoine Watteau (, , ; baptised October 10, 1684died July 18, 1721) Alsavailablevia Oxford Art Online (subscription needed). was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, a ...

'' (1980) * ''The Universe of the Painter'' (1982)

Articles

Georgy Kovenchuk Gaga (Georgy Vasilyevich) Kovenchuk ( rus, Гага (Георгий Васильевич) Ковенчук; 2 December 1933 — 3 February 2015). Soviet and Russian artist and writer. Gaga was an artist, painter, graphic artist, book artist and p ...

(Exhibition catalog. "Matisse Club"). — St. Petersburg: Mathis Club. 2005. — 32 p. ithout paginationGeorge Kovenchuk. Exhibition catalog
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:German, Mikhail Yurievich 1933 births 2018 deaths Academic staff of Herzen University Writers from Saint Petersburg