Le Havre – The Artists – Maufra, Maxime
This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who painted in Le Havre. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.
Maxime Maufra (1861 – 1918) was born in Nantes but after a career as a businessman, he went full time as an artist.
He moved to Brittany to become a full time painter (and etching and lithography).
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: Today Le Havre is the biggest cargo harbour in France, so you will see daily cargo ships arriving and leaving.
TODAY: The beach of Le Havre is very popular place to be. Although it’s not made of sand, but pebbles, the broadwalk has many restaurants and regular entertainment. The beach has many beach huts.
Octeville-sur-Mer
Octeville is a town very close to Le Havre on the North. Its land is shared by Le Havre for its airport.
TODAY: The Le Havre/Octeville airport is located on this part of the cliffs.
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 here when published.
Here are the painters/artists who painted in Le Havre :
- 🇫🇷 Adam, Edouard Marie
- 🇷🇺 Beggrov, Alexander
- 🇫🇷Binet, George
- 🇺🇸 Boggs, Frank Myers
- 🇷🇺 Bogoliubo, Alexei
- 🇬🇧 Bonington, Richard Parkes
- 🇫🇷 Boudin, Eugene-Louis
- 🇬🇧 Callow, William
- 🇫🇷 Coignet, Jules
- 🇫🇷 Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille
- 🇬🇧 Cotman, John Sell
- 🇬🇧 Cooke, Edward William
- 🇫🇷 Crepin, Louis-Philippe
- 🇫🇷 de Saint-Delis, Henri
- 🇫🇷 de Saint-Delis, Rene
- 🇫🇷 Dubourg, Louis-Alexandre
- 🇫🇷 Dufy, Jean
- 🇫🇷 Dufy, Raoul
- 🇫🇷 Friesz, Othon
- 🇫🇷 Goeneutte, Norbert
- 🇷🇺 Gritsenko, Nikolai
- 🇫🇷 Gudin, Theodore
- 🇫🇷 Hervier, Louis
- 🇬🇧 Holland, James
- 🇫🇷 Huet, Paul
- 🇳🇱 Jongkind, Johan Barthold
- 🇬🇧 Kay, James
- 🇳🇱 Le Gray, Gustave
- 🇫🇷 Lebourg, Albert
- 🇬🇧 Lee-Hankey, William
- 🇫🇷 Lepoittevin, Eugene
- 🇫🇷 Leprince, Auguste-Xavier
- 🇫🇷 Loir, Luigi
- 🇫🇷 Loiseau, Gustave
- 🇫🇷 Luce, Maximilien
- 🇫🇷 Madelain, Gustave
- 🇫🇷 Marquet, Albert
- 🇫🇷 Maufra, Maxime
- 🇫🇷 Monet, Claude
- 🇨🇦 Morrice, James Wilson
- 🇫🇷 Mozin, Charles-Louis
- 🇫🇷 Noel, Alexandre Jean
- 🇫🇷 Noel, Jules Achille
- 🇸🇪 Osslund, Helmer
- 🇫🇷 Pecrus, Charles Francois
- 🇫🇷 Petitjean, Edmond Marie
- 🇩🇰 Pissarro, Camille
- 🇫🇷 Signac, Paul
- 🇧🇪 Stevens, Alfred Emile Leopold
- 🇳🇱 Ten Cate, Siebe Johannes
- 🇳🇴 Thaulow, Fritz
- 🇫🇷 Thornley, Georges William
- 🇬🇧 Turner, Joseph Mallord William
- 🇬🇧 Wadsworth, Edward
Click here for a map listing all artists and where they painted in the Le Havre area.
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