Tatarinov German Alexeevich was born September 26, 1925 in the village of Old Crosses located in the Yaroslavl Province. Tatarinov graduated from the Moscow Printing Institute in the G. Epifanov workshop in 1961. From 1964 he has taken part in many Art exhibitions and a member of the LCRAU since 1972. With a passionate and skillful hand he paints rapturous landscapes, captivating still lifes, and subject images. In 1975 he held a one man exhibition in Leningrad and in 2000 was made an honored artist of the Russian Federation. German Tatarinov's paintings can be gound in art museums and private collections in the Russia and all over the world.