German Alexeevich Tatarinov was born on 26 September 1925 in Old Crosses village, Yaroslavl Province, into a peasant family.

In 1942, German Tatarinov was drafted into the Red Army, took part in the battles of Stalingrad and the Soviet Far East against Japan.

In 1961, German Tatarinov of Discharged from military service and went to work as an artist in a Leningrad department of Art Fund of Russian Federation.

Composition and style gravitated toward plain air painting and full-scale panoramic subjects with a wide coverage area, with a consistently readable plans, while maintaining the constructive role of the figure.

Paintings by German Tatarinov are in Art museums and private collections in Russia, France, USA, Finland, Germany, England, Japan, and throughout the world.