Background
Maxime Maufra was born on March 17, 1861 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.
Maxime Maufra was born on March 17, 1861 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.
He completed his schooling at the secondary school in his native city, where he also took drawing classes. Two local painters, Charles Lebourg and Charles Le Roux, were his first mentors.
At the age of twenty he travelled to England, where he was able to study the work of the English landscape painters such as Turner and Constable, who left a deep impression on him.
Maufra first began painting at 18. He was encouraged to do so by two artists from Nantes: the brothers Leduc. However, he didn’t fully embrace his painting career right away.
Being a businessman, he only painted on his spare time from 1884 to 1890. In 1890, Maufra decided to give up commerce and to become a full-time painter. He left Nantes for Brittany, where he was able to meet Paul Gauguin and Paul Sérusier.
Maufra had his first solo exhibition in Paris in 1894, at Le Barc de Toutteville. Returning from Brittany, Maufra was the first painter to take up residence in The Bateau-Lavoir, a famous Parisian residence for artists. In his paintings, Maufra sometimes quoted the pointillisit technique of Pissarro or Sisley, and also took from the strong colors and powerful drawing of the Pont Aven school.
However, Maufra stayed an independent artist his all life through, and dedicated his art to recording the beauty of nature. He also explored etching and lithography.
By the Sea
Pont-Aven, Red Sky
The Beach at Morgat, Finistere
Beg-Miel, Bay of Cocarneau
The Golden Sea - Quiberon
Back to Fishing boats in Belle-Isle-en-Mer
Autumn
Domois shore (Belle-Ile-en-Mer)
Fishing Boats on the Shore
The Waterfall - Nemours
Saint Michel's Church
The Dunes of Port Blanc near Ile de Quiberon
Belle-Ile castle
The fishermen
Brittany - a Hamlet
The Port of La Rochelle at Twilight
Belle-Ile-en-Mer
Breton Landscape
Mountain landscape
The Banks of the River Auray
The descending street at Locronan
The Cove at Cape Suzon
Landscape by the Water
The Jetty at Pontivy
Dessert
Douarnenez in Sunshine
Cliffs
Quayside in Le Havre
Evening fog over Nantes
Port castle of Belle-Ile
Moonrise
Beg-Meil at dusk
Fishermen on the Banks of the Loire
The Leguenay Bridge
Fog on the Seine (The Andelys)
Great Houle Donant
Landscape near Douarnenez
Waterloo de New-Brighton
Semaphore of the Beg-Meil, Brittany
The High Island
Autumn Landscape at Goulazon
The Auray River
Fishing sardine boat
The Cliffs at Polhor
The Bay of in Concarneau
Flood (Joinville-le-Pont)
The storm
The old Bridge in Barbin
The Three Cliffs
Frost at Morgat
Cornfield in the Valley of Saint-Jean-du-Doigt
Landscape
Morning in the Oasis of Alkantra
Sunset
The castle Gaillard
A Bouquet of Flowers in Front of a Window
By the Sea
A fruitdish
The Shore at Duarnenez
A cottage with thatched roof in Douarnenez
Farm in the Trees
Cliffs at Sunset
The Red Rocks at Belle Ile
Landscape
Lake Lovitel
The Coastline in Brittany
Flooded meadows
The Cliffs
The Ponce Paper Factory on the Edge of the Sathe Woods
Isle of Brehat
Cliffs of the wild coast
March Sunlight, Port-Marly
The Signal Tower
Brittany
The Dam of a Loir Ponce
Beached boat
The Retreating Fog, Morning, Les Andelys
The church at Little Andelys
The Port of Sauzon
The Dining Room after Lunch
The Village, Morgat
The Beach at Morgat
In front of the Isle Tudy
The Port of Saint Goustan
Tuna Boat at Sea
The Black Cliffs at Thurso
Sunset - Morgat
The Ark of Port Blanc, the Isle of Presq Quiberon
The Heart of the Port of Goulphar, Belle-Ile en Mer
Great Sea
Meadow
Harvesting of Goemon
Fishing for Sprats in Winter at Douarnenez
Passing through the Bar
Beuzec-Concq in Concarneau
The Transatlantic leaving Port
Salt evaporation pond
Study of mountains
The Barges Lighthouse
Departure of Fishing Boats
The Village of Kerhostin
Cliffs and Sea
Bridge over the Loire
The Banks of the Pond at Rosporden
Cottages in the Snow
Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Evening, Cote Sauvage
The River Rance at Dinard
Coast Goulphar
Twilight
Low Tide, Baie de Quiberon
Semaphore of the Beg-Meil, Brittany
Port-Bara (Near the Ile de Quiberon)
Reentering Port at Douarnenez (Finistere)
Monsieur Maufra's Garden by the Sea
Departure of a Cargo Ship
Sailboats
On the Cliffs of Belle Isle on Mer
The Pines of the Ile St. Morah
Amont prairie
The Coast at Fort Penthievre, Quiberon Peninsula
The creek shore of Quibero
View of the Port of Auray
The Port of Havre
The River
Evening, Morgat Beach
The Bay of Saint-Tropez
Evening at the Sea
The Portivy Beach
Morning in Winter
Flood
Spring Flowers
Flood (Joinville-le-Pont)
The Old Mill, The Andelys
The Return of the Fishing Boats
Bretons on the way
The Bay of Douarnenez
At sunrise in a valley, Brittany
The village on the river, Bozel
At Low Tide
The old bridge in Ancenis
Near the Mill
The Conch at Vieux-Chateau
Saint-Jean-du-Doigt
Sunset on the Loire
Dusk
Banks of Loire
Landscape
Low Tide at Douarnenez
Sunset on the Sea
The Embankment of Lagny under Flood Water
Landscape with Mill
The entrance to harbour Sauzon
The Marne at Lagny
The Village and Chapel of Sainte-Avoye (Morbihan)
The Church of Saint Nicolas of the Fields, Saint Martin street
Douarnenez, October landscape
Cottages in the Snow
Powdery Sunshine
Evening Twilight on the Seine