Vårt besök i svenskbyggderna är nu slut. Jag kommer längta tillbaka. I Roosta var stugorna jättefina. Naturen underbar och där finns mycket att göra för familjer. När vi lämnade Roosta möttes vi av mängder med bilar som var på väg till den långa härliga sandstranden.

 

Vi besökte Ants Laikmaas museum på hemvägen. De bilder jag tog där ska n9 få se i morgon, och alla andra bilder också. Men jag ger er ändå texten från http://www.laikmaa.eu/works.html Han är så stor i estland och så känd att ni måste veta mera om honom:

 

HIS LIFE AND WORKS

Ants Laikmaa is considered one of the most important figures in the Estonian art scene. He was one of the first artists who remained in Estonia to work, not abroad.

 

He was a pioneer, moving further from the prevailing academic traditions of painting, and was open to the new trends coming from Europe.

Laikmaa founded a studio-school in Tallinn in 1903 and is also a founder of the national art education. His most important works are landscapes, portraits and paintings of peasants.

 

Ants Laikmaa was one of the first Estonian painters who decided to return to his home country after the studies abroad. First Estonian professional painters - Köler, Adamson, Weizenberg - they all worked in St Petersburg where most of the Estonian intellectuals in Russia were gathered because of the better working conditions. Although the touches of their artistic creation with the home land were quite weak.

Ants Laikmaa (until 1935 Hans Laipmann) was born on May 5th, 1866 in the Araste village in Vigala parish in Lääne County as the 14th child of a peasant of Paiba. His father, Hans Laipman, was married twice. After the death of the first wife, Triinu Redlich, Hans Laipman married her younger sister Leenu Redlich. They had a total of 16 children, but only three of them lived to adulthood.

His art studies covered the research of different art collections and working independently in St Petersburg.

In 1883, Ants Laikmaa saw an art exhibition in the Kanuti Guild of Tallinn and from that event onwards he was determined in his goals.

In 1891 he carried out his crazy plan to go to Düsseldorf in Germany by foot to study art in the Academy of Düsseldorf. Although he had enough money for the train tickets he decided to experience more closely the life in Germany.

Ants Laikmaa left finally the Academy in 1897. In 1899 he arrived to Estonia. Once back in Estonia he used the experience and schooling from Germany to open his own studio. He introduced impressionist approaches to painting and later drifted towards expressionism with a more vivid style.

In 1903 he started to organize the painting courses. From those courses he started his art studio school with lots of art students.

During politically difficult times in Estonia in 1905, he was forced to move to St Petersburg and from there to Finland, in the same time he kept on his art work.

In 1909 he returned to Estonia for a short period of time. In 1910 he moved on to Italy and from there to Sicily and Tunisia. During this time he made many paintings about local nature.

He returned back to Estonia in 1913 where he started again working with his art studio school.

From 1920s onwards his paintings became more realistic.

In 1930 the health of the artist worsened, and he was taken into the hospital. He hoped to cure himself in his country house during the summer. This was quite a challenge because his plans with the house were grandiose, but he lacked financing to complete them. Thus he had to spend winter in fairly harsh conditions.

In 1932 the deaths of his co-workers and his worsened health condition forced him to move living in Taebla, into his not yet complete dream-home.

In 1934 his health failed again, and this time he never recovered fully. Therefore he was not able to transform Taebla into his dream house. He died in the early morning in 19-th November in 1942. By his wish he was buried near to his house, close to the Tallinn-Haapsalu railway. He wished to be close to his home and life even after death.