august macke

About author:

August Macke was born in Meschede, Germany. His father, August Friedrich Hermann Macke (1845-1904), was a building contractor and his mother, Maria Florentine, née Adolph, (1848-1922), came from a farming family in Germany's Sauerland region.

Artist site
http://www.augustmacke.org/

Reference
http://www.augustmacke.org/biography.html