About author:

Author name: Camille Pissarro.
(1830, Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands (St. Thomas) - 1903, Paris, France). He was a French Impressionist painter. His importance resides not only in his visual contributions to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, but also in his patriarchal standing among his colleagues, particularly Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Pissarro