Ants Laikmaa 1866–1942 Portrait of Lehti Saar. 1931

Bottom right: ALaipn 1931.

Ants Laikmaa was very enthusiastic about Aleksander Saare, a farmer from the Taebla district and a member of the parliament, about whom he also wrote many times. He admired Saare's farming skills, initiative and thoroughness. Therefore, it is not surprising that he portrayed Aleksander Saare as well as his wife and two daughters Lehti and Inna at different times.

Lehti Saar is 17 years old in the work, and Laikmaa is here in the best form of his portrait work. The portrait of a young girl painted on an effective dark blue background is not only accurate, but also psychologically tense. We can guess many things about a young person's nature and attitudes from the state and look in her eyes. Well-chosen picturesque nuances – white collar, breast pin – add small spectacles to the skilfully balanced color scheme. In this way, the portrait becomes a generalization, it is more broadly an image of a young person coming into the world.

The work participated in Ants Laikmaa's memorial exhibition at the Estonian Art Museum (1966) and is listed under catalog no. 383.