Maxime Emile Louis Maufra

This was followed by a stay in Brittany, which would remain a regular destination for him, and in the artists’ colony of Pont-Aven, where Maufra met Gauguin and later adopted his Synthetist style of painting. In 1894 an exhibition in the Parisian gallery “Le Barc de Boutteville”, situated in the rue Le Peletier and at that time known for showing the new art, made his works known to a broader public; regular shows with Durand-Ruel followed, who also attended to Maufra’s work. Maufra’s work as a painter – in addition to which he also occupied himself with etching and lithography – unites a light-filled, neo-Impressionist style with an intense tonality and highly expressive drawing that were decisively influenced by the School of Pont-Aven. Along with views of Paris, the coast of Brittany represents the defining motif of his art.