Monticelli Adolphe Joseph Thomas Italian Fishing Vessels At Dusk

About author:

Author name: Adolphe Monticelli.
(1824, Marseilles, France -1886). He spent the years 1846-8 in Paris where he frequented the studio of Delaroche. On a second visit to Paris in 1856, he made the acquaintance of Diaz and was influenced by Diaz's use of colour and choice of subject. Van Gogh greatly admired Monticelli's work.
Reference:
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/adolphe-monticelli