This is a brilliant example of Edelfelt's use of the clear palette. The model is thought to be Tilda Klang, a local crofter's daughter and one of Edelfelt's favourite models. Described as having unusually large, glittering blue eyes, she is here depicted simply as a smiling young girl from Borgå out enjoying the beautiful birch forest. Edelfelt's work, however, draws mainly on the themes and palettes of the Glasgow Boys, at the time considered avant-garde by the Scottish and English art academies and whose style Edelfelt (1845 - 1905) greatly admired.
[Oil on canvas, 37.5 x 36 cm]
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