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accession number:	1966.382
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The Cliffs at Beg-ar-Fry, Saint-Jean-du-Doigt, 1895. Maxime Maufra (French, 1861–1918). 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ellen Wade Chinn, Elizabeth Wade Sedgwick and J. H. Wade III in memory of their mother Irene Love Wade 1966.382

title:				The Cliffs at Beg-ar-Fry, Saint-Jean-du-Doigt
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creation date:			1895
creation date earliest:		1895
creation date latest:		1895
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creditline:			Gift of Ellen Wade Chinn, Elizabeth Wade Sedgwick and J. H. Wade III in memory of their mother Irene Love Wade
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	oil on fabric
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Maxime Maufra (French, 1861–1918)  - artist
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.
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measurements: 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.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower left: Maufra 95 

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1967
	opening date:   1967-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'New York, Durand-Ruel. Exposition of Maxime Maufra (1896), no. 10, Les falaises de Bec au Fry [sic], St. Jean-du-Doigt.', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

	Deposited by Maufra on 25 February 1895 at Durand-Ruel, Paris (depot 8630).
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	Bought from the artist by Durand-Ruel, Paris (stock number 3451) on 23 November 1895.
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	Sold to Durand-Ruel, New York (stock number 1455), 14 December 1895.
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	Bought by Jeptha Homer Wade, Cleveland, 1 November 1900 . By descent. Given to the CMA in 1966.
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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 181
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n205

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 225
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n245

	Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. <em>Catalogue of Paintings</em>. <em>Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 423-424, Vol. II, no. 146
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IMAGES

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