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The Cliffs at Beg-ar-Fry, Saint-Jean-du-Doigt

1895
(French, 1861–1918)
France, 19th century
oil on fabric
Framed: 66.5 x 80 x 4.5 cm (26 3/16 x 31 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 60 x 73.3 cm (23 5/8 x 28 7/8 in.)
Gift of Ellen Wade Chinn, Elizabeth Wade Sedgwick and J. H. Wade III in memory of their mother Irene Love Wade 1966.382
Location: not on view
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Maxime Maufra was initially an amateur artist, but in 1883 he gave up a career in business to devote himself entirely to painting. He traveled throughout Normandy and Britany painting sea and landscapes. During a visit to Pont-Aven in northwestern France in 1890 he met Paul Gauguin and a group of young artists who were inspired by Gauguin’s approaches to color and composition in his art. In particular, Maufra began to translate forms into flat planes of bold color arranged in decorative patterns as seen in this seascape of the Breton coast. Perhaps the most striking aspect of this painting is the way the artist framed the composition at the left with the view of a steep cliff.




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The Cliffs at Beg-ar-Fry, Saint-Jean-du-Doigt

The Cliffs at Beg-ar-Fry, Saint-Jean-du-Doigt

1895

Maxime Maufra

(French, 1861–1918)
France, 19th century

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