Vue sur un port Breton, 1887
La plage à Morgat, Finistère, 1899
Le Semaphore, Beg-Meil, Bretagne (1900)
The Golden Sea - Quiberon, 1900
By the Sea, 1904
The Barges Lighthouse, 1904
Evening at the Sea, 1909
Fishing sardine boat, 1909
Entrance to the port on Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île-en-Mer, 1909
Sunset on the Sea, 1910
Soleil Couchant en Mer, Quiberon
Tuna Boat at Sea
The Bay of Saint-Tropez, Evening
Waterloo de New-Brighton
Born in Nantes, Maxime Maufra was a French landscape and marine painter, etcher and lithographer. 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. During this time, Maufra discovered the work of the Impressionists and was able to display his works at the Paris Salon of 1886. 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 Serusier. 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.
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