12 Facts About Maxime Maufra

Maxime Maufra was a French landscape and marine painter, etcher and lithographer.

Maxime Maufra was encouraged to do so by two artists from Nantes such as the brothers Charles Leduc and Alfred Leduc and the landscape painter Charles Le Roux.

Maxime Maufra remained in the first place a businessman and only painted in his spare time from 1884 to 1890.

Maxime Maufra displayed his works at the Paris Salon of 1886.

In 1890, Maxime Maufra decided to give up business and to become a full-time painter.

Maxime Maufra left Nantes for Pont-Aven in the Finistere department of Brittany, where he was met Paul Gauguin and Paul Serusier.

Maxime Maufra had his first solo exhibition in Paris in 1894, at Le Barc de Toutteville.

Maxime Maufra subsequently exhibited with Durand-Ruel, to whom he remained under contract for the rest of his life.

Maxime Maufra returned to Brittany each year, in particular to the Quiberon region.

Maxime Maufra found inspiration for his art in his travels which took him to the Dauphine, the Midi, Algeria and Savoy.

Maxime Maufra was mainly an artist of landscapes and marine views.

Maxime Maufra remained an independent artist his whole life through and dedicated his art to recording the beauty of nature.