MAUFRA先开始画在18.他感到鼓舞南特两位艺术家这样做，如兄弟查尔斯·勒杜克和阿尔弗雷德·勒杜克和风景画家查尔斯·勒鲁。

不过，他并没有完全接受他的绘画生涯的时候了。他仍然摆在首位商人，只在业余时间画1884年至1890年这一时期，MAUFRA发现了印象派的工作。他还于1886年的巴黎沙龙展示他的作品。

1890年，MAUFRA决定放弃业务，并成为一名全职画家。他离开南特布列塔尼，在那里他遭到了保罗·高更和保罗SÉRUSIER。MAUFRA了他的首次个展在巴黎于1894年，在勒BARC德Toutteville。随后，他与杜兰德-鲁埃尔展出，他保持的合同，他的余生。

从布列塔尼返回，MAUFRA是选择居所的第一个画家巴托-Lavoir，一个艺术家著名的巴黎居住。他每年都回到了布列塔尼，特别是对基伯龙地区。他发现他的艺术灵感在他的旅行而带他到多芬（1904），迷笛（1912年），阿尔及利亚（1913）和萨瓦（1914）。

MAUFRA主要景观和海洋美景的艺术家。在他的作品，有时MAUFRA引用的pointillisit技术毕沙罗或希思黎，并且也采取了从强烈的色彩和强大的阿旺桥学校的图纸。

MAUFRA仍然是一个独立的艺术家一生都通过，竭诚他的艺术记录大自然的美丽。

Maufra first began painting at 18. He was encouraged to do so by two artists from Nantes such as the brothers Charles Leduc and Alfred Leduc and the landscape painter Charles Le Roux.[1][2]

However, he did not fully embrace his painting career right away. He remained in the first place a businessman and only painted in his spare time from 1884 to 1890. During this period, Maufra discovered the work of the Impressionists. He also displayed his works at the Paris Salon of 1886.

In 1890, Maufra decided to give up business and to become a full-time painter. He left Nantes for Brittany, where he was met Paul Gauguin and Paul Sérusier. Maufra had his first solo exhibition in Paris in 1894, at Le Barc de Toutteville. He subsequently exhibited with Durand-Ruel, to whom he remained under contract for the rest of his life.

Returning from Brittany, Maufra was the first painter to take up residence in the Bateau-Lavoir, a famous Parisian residence for artists. He returned to Brittany each year, in particular to the Quiberon region. He found inspiration for his art in his travels which took him to the Dauphiné(1904), the Midi (1912), Algeria (1913) and Savoy (1914).[1]

Maufra was mainly an artist of landscapes and marine views.[1] In his compositions, Maufra sometimes quoted the pointillisit technique of Pissarro or Sisley, and also took from the strong colors and powerful drawing of the Pont Aven school.

Maufra remained an independent artist his all life through and dedicated his art to recording the beauty of nature.[2] He also explored etching and lithography.