Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (1824-1886)
 

Monticelli parents abandoned their child immediately after birth, and he was brought in from the peasants in a small village in the mountains of Provence. However, when he was 11 years old, the parents took him to Marseilles. Even then, he has discovered a large taste for drawing. In 1846 he moved to Paris, where he met with Theodore Rousseau, Delacroix ... His life flowed between Marseille and Paris, Paris taught him a taste for fashionable at the time of Orientalism, Marseille Provence and generally attracted to the beauty of landscapes.

It soon came to Monticelli success, especially among provansalnskoy bourgeoisie, but by 1870 the view prevails that he is too eccentric that he does not know the steps. At this time the artist became friends with Corot, Diaz and especially Cezanne.

Creativity Monticelli is the link between romanticism and symbolism, but above all, it is valuable in itself. They admired artists such as Van Gogh and Cezanne.
Unfortunately, the reproductions do not convey quite amazing, precious, shimmering textures work Monticelli - as any true artist, he should look to the original.

Yes, the prices: I do not remember exactly, but not so long ago saw somewhere in the directories, he was terribly underestimated, is very inexpensive - probably, like some folk, it is indistinguishable from his colleagues:)