When Albert Edelfelt painted The Luxembourg Gardens, he was already quite well known in the Paris art world, having lived there for over ten years. Yet surprisingly, this is the only large-scale work depicting Paris that he ever made. It is also unusual among his larger paintings in that he adopted many of the hallmarks of Impressionism in it, such as using complementary colours to create contrast. However, contrary to Impressionist practice, Edelfelt prepared and worked on the painting for more than a year in several locations, both in the studio and outdoors. The painting was exhibited in May 1887 and was favourably received by critics. Subsequently, this particular work has become a symbol for the close connections which Finnish art in general and Edelfelt in particular enjoyed with Paris at the time the French capital was considered the epicentre of the art world.

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　There is one of Albert Edelfelt's largest paintings in the Luxembourg Park of Paris (1854 -1905). It's a remarkable naturalistic outdoor painting of the lives of children of wealthy Parisian families in the late 1800s. The sun shines in the summer Parisian park, where the children and their nurses have gathered. The figures in the front are in the shadows and are painted more meticulously than the children and women bathed in the background. The painting floods with joy and elegance. Antell's delegation bought a painting of the private estate in museum collections in 1908.

　Albert Edelfelt studied and lived long in Paris. He was a productive and distinguished painter, known among other things for his history, portraits and folklore. Ateneum collections include several Edelfelt titles, such as Queen Blanka of the 1877. It was Edelfelt's artistic breakthrough in the Paris Salon.

　He made many sketches of the Luxembourg park stage outside, on the spot, but painted the final work both in his Parisian studio and in Haiko, Finland, the family summer place.

　Realistic outdoor painting became more common during Edelfelt. The lights and colours became outdoors by painting more authentic, better -looking than they did in the studio.
Text: Satu Itkonen

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