The River

Maxime Maufra (1861-1918) was a French painter known for the atmospheric, colorfully painted landscape paintings that make him one of the most accomplished landscape painters of the Post-Impressionist tradition. The River from 1902 depicts a river in the atmospheric, colorfully painted manner that distinguishes Maufra's best work from the more general landscape painting of his contemporaries. Maufra was known for his atmospheric, colorfully painted landscapes that combine the influence of Impressionism with the bold color and atmospheric effect of the Pont-Aven school, and the 1902 painting shows his distinctive combination of atmospheric landscape with colorful painting.

The River is important in the history of French Post-Impressionist painting because it demonstrates the atmospheric, colorfully painted manner that Maufra brought to landscape subjects as one of the most accomplished landscape painters of the Post-Impressionist tradition. Maufra's atmospheric, colorfully painted landscapes—combining the influence of Impressionism with the bold color of the Pont-Aven school—represent one of the most accomplished traditions in Post-Impressionist landscape painting, and the 1902 painting shows this tradition at its most atmospheric.

The River is Maufra's atmospheric Post-Impressionist landscape: a river rendered in the colorfully painted manner of one of the most accomplished landscape painters of the Post-Impressionist tradition. The 1902 painting shows the combination of atmospheric landscape with bold color that makes Maufra's work distinctive.