This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who worked in Etretat. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.
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Maxime Maufra (1861-1918) was a French Impressionist painter who was known for his landscapes, seascapes, and coastal scenes. He was born in Nantes, France and began his artistic studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Maufra’s early work was heavily influenced by the Impressionists, and he was a member of the Société des Artistes Indépendants. He is best known for his depictions of the Brittany coast, which he often painted in a loose, Impressionistic style. He was particularly interested in the effects of light and color on the sea and sky, and his paintings often capture the movement and energy of the waves and clouds.
Maufra’s work was well-received during his lifetime, and he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français and the Salon d’Automne. He was also a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
Today, Maufra’s paintings can be found in major museums and private collections around the world, including the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. He is considered to be one of the most important French Impressionist painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He became good friends with fellow artist Paul Gauguin.
Maufra was mainly an artist of landscapes and marine views. In his compositions, Maufra sometimes quoted the pointillist technique of Camille Pissarro or Alfred Sisley, and also took from the strong colors and powerful drawing of the Pont-Aven School.
Click here to read Maufra’s full bio on Wikipedia.
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TODAY: The Porte d’Aval is the most visible of three sea arches at Etretat. It lies to the left of the Etretat beach.
Maxime Maufra painted several in a couple of other places in Normandy, which will be featured eventually on this site. A link “⇠” to those cities will appear below when published.
- Brittany
- Concarneau
- Lannion
- Morgat
- Paimpol
- Penmarch
- Quiberon
- Rosporden
- Saint-Jean-du-Doigt
- Treboul
- Normandy
- Pays de la Loire
- Nantes
- Saint-Nazaire
- Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur
- Ile Saint-Honorat
- Saint-Tropez
Etretat is the second most popular and visited place in Normandy (the first being Mont Saint-Michel). And since it was popular, many artists came here to be inspired by its nature and scenic environments. Here is a list of artists who worked in Etretat (a link “⇠” to their work will appear when published).
- 🇷🇺 Bogolyubov, Alexey (Alexei) ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Boudan, Louis *⇠
- 🇫🇷 Boudin, Eugene-Louis ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Braque, Georges ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Burel, Henry E. ⇠
- 🇺🇸 Butler, Theodore Earl ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Caillebotte, Gustave ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Courbet, Gustave ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Daubigny, Charles-Francois ⇠
- 🇫🇷 de Saint-Delis, Rene ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Friesz, Othon ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Garneray, Ambroise Louis ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Gudin, Theodore ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Hoguet, Charles ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Huet, Paul ⇠
- 🇺🇸 Inness, George ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Isabey, Eugene ⇠
- 🇳🇱 Jongkind, Johan ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Kay, James ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Kuwasseg, Charles Euphrasie ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Lebasque, Henri ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Lebourg, Albert ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Leitch, Richard Principal ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Lepoittevin, Eugene ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Letellier, Emile-Andre ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Loiseau, Gustave ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Matisse, Henri ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Maufra, Maxime ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Maze, Paul ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Meadows, Arthur Joseph ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Monet, Claude
- 🇫🇷 Noel, Alexandre Jean
- 🇷🇺 Polenov, Vasily
- 🇫🇷 Roullet, Gaston
- 🇫🇷 Schuffenecker, Claude-Emile
- 🇫🇷 Signac, Paul
- 🇨🇭 Vallotton, Felix
- 🇫🇷 Vollon, Antoine
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