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Abstract. The article is devoted to studying the Estonian national landscape. The author discovers the peculiarities of the Estonian landscapists’ creative work of the beginning of the XX century, discusses the problem of the harmonious combination of the two aspects of landscape painting: the artistic representation, esthetic adoption of nature and expressing human feelings’ motion. The tasks and potentials of Estonian landscape painting are under study. The paper provides a critical analysis and description of artists’ experience while working on landscapes. The originality of the research involves the problem formulation itself, studying and identifying landscape painting peculiarities promoting the artistic and imaginative perception and affirmation of life through the lenses of the picture. The author makes conclusions regarding the transfer of "etude painting" essence, the role of composition in the picture, depicting the specific features and characteristics of nature. The diversity of creative manners and stylistic decisions testifies for the development of Estonian landscape painting.

Key words and phrases: эстонский пейзаж, А. Янсен, Я. Вахтра, А. Егоров, национальный колорит, этюд, художественная композиция, лирическое настроение, природа, эстетическое отображение, предмет изображения, фрагментарность, переживание, Estonian landscape, A. Jansen, J. Vahtra, A. Egorov, national colour, sketch, artistic composition, lyrical mood, nature, esthetic representation, subject, fragmentariness, emotional experience