Not a Nabi proper but associated with that group. Mellerio on Maufra’s painting: "a kind of compromise between the direct observation of objective nature and a purely ornamental and synthetic vision."
Began to paint in 1880. Some years in Liverpool where dad wanted him to serve a commercial apprenticeship.
1883 - In France. Soon devoted him self to painting.
1890 - At Pont Aven he met Gauguin and Serusier. He
took part in the decoration of the inn at Le Pouldu.
1893 - In his Essais d’Art libre he thought, 'too many theories at Le Pouldu'.
He was less of a synthetist, less of a generalizer, and more subtle.
SOURCES
3) The Nabis and their period. Charles Chasse’.
Translated by Michael Bullock 1969. Lund Humphries, London. First published French 1960.