Maxime maufra biography

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Doe's paintings are sure to be sought by the discriminating collector. Durand-Ruel is the most perfect lover of painting that I have known. I have never found in my life a person who was more in love with it… — then, after him, his sons Joseph and Georges, will be his dealers until his death in Durand-Ruel organizes two exhibitions for him, the first in January in New York where, unfortunately, none of the 31 works on display are sold, the other, in Paris, which shows 40 paintings and 50 enhanced drawings and engravings.

But he also finds time to paint Paris and its surroundings. He makes a long stay in Douarnenez from February to the beginning of April. In the meantime, he falls ill and has to return home to Nantes in April. From July and at the beginning of August, he is in Loctudy. A few months later, his wife loses another child. He spends, as usual, the beginning of the year in Paris and paints not only the Exposition Universelle, but also the Paris surroundings, Port-Marly, Pontoise.

Before going back to Paris, he stops in Rosporden and Nantes. Later, his base will be in Kerhostin, where he rents the Clairefontaine farm, before buying it in The State buys him a drawing : le Phare du Havre. Then he goes to Belle-Ile, in Sauzon. After staying in Rosporden and Paris, he stays a long time in Douarnenez from December to March Maxime Maufra 17 May — 23 May was a French landscape and marine painter, etcher and lithographer.

Maufra first began painting at However, he did not fully embrace his painting career right away. He remained in the first place a businessman and only painted in his spare time from to During this period, Maufra discovered the work of the Impressionists. He also displayed his works at the Paris Salon of In , Maufra decided to give up business and to become a full-time painter.

Maufra had his first solo exhibition in Paris in , at Le Barc de Toutteville. He subsequently exhibited with Durand-Ruel, to whom he remained under contract for the rest of his life. Maxime Maufra, born in Nantes, Western France, began painting at the age of 18 encouraged by the Leduc brothers and Charles Leroux, artists who were residing in his hometown at the time.

In , Maufra was sent to London by his father to receive specialist training in business. Maufra took the opportunity to visit the National Gallery, where he discovered the works of J. W Turner. On his return to France, he discovered the work of the Impressionists and exhibited at the Paris Salon of Maufra had his first solo exhibition in Paris in , at Le Barc de Boutteville, for which Gauguin designed the poster.

He subsequently exhibited with Paul Durand-Ruel, who would remain his dealer throughout his career. On his return to Paris in , he was the first painter to take up residence in the well-known Bateau-Lavoir in Paris, where later Cubist artists including Pablo Picasso would take up residence.