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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Maufra, Maxime Creator Nationality: European; French Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1861 - 1918 Biography: Maxime Maufra, taught by local artists, began painting in his hometown of Nantes. It was not until 1883, after having returned from Great Britain, where he had discovered the Old Masters and the English painters Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Constable (q.v.), and Turner (q.v.), that Maufra gave up a business career and began to devote himself entirely to painting. Three years later he exhibited two landscapes at the 1886 Paris Salon to critical acclaim. He then traveled throughout Normandy and Brittany painting seascapes and landscapes and settled in Paris in 1892, returning every year to Brittany. It was during a visit in Pont-Aven in 1890 that he met Gauguin (q.v.) and Paul Sérusier (1864-1927). The work of these artists overshadowed the influence he had undergone from such painters as Pissarro (q.v.) and Sisley (q.v.). By 1890 he was greatly affected by synthetism, the style invented by Émile Bernard (1868-1941) and developed by Gauguin, that translates forms into flat colored planes arranged in a decorative pattern. This style is most apparent in Maufra's prints and drawings. In 1894 Le Barc de Bouteville held an exhibition of Maufra's work, and the dealer Durand-Ruel supported his artistic career until the end. Gender: M Creator Birth Place: Nantes, 17 May 1861 Creator Death Place: Poncé, Sarthe, 23 May 1918 Creator Name-CRT: Maxime Maufra Title: The River Title Type: Primary Title: La rivière Title Type: Foreign View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1902 Creation End Date: 1902 Creation Date: 1902 Object Type: Paintings Materials and Techniques: oil on fabric Dimensions: Unframed: 54.5cm x 65.7cm Inscriptions: Signed lower right: Maufra 02 AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1981.64 Credit Line: Gift of Lewis C. Williams Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Provenance: Given by Maufra to the Victor Vignon sale, Paris, Drouot, 4 June 1903 (lot 12), La rivière, 55 x 66 cm. Bought by Durand-Ruel, Paris (stock number 7393), who was also the expert of the sale. Sold to Desmond Fitzgerald, 9 March 1922. American Art Gallery sale, New York, 21-22 April 1927 (lot 88), La rivière, for $400 to Kraushaar Galleries. Purchased by Lewis C. Williams, Cleveland. Given to the CMA in 1981. AMICA ID: CMA_.1981.64 AMICA Library Year: 2001 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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