Ants Laikmaa (5 May 1866, Araste – 19 November 1942, Kadarpiku) was an Estonian painter.

[1] Ants Laikmaa (until 1935 Hans Laipman) was born at the Paiba farm in the village of Araste, Märjamaa Parish.

In 1904, the 38-year-old Laikmaa met the great love of his life, the 21-year-old Marie Under, one of the best-known poets of the time.

From 1913 to 1931, Laikmaa worked as a freelance artist and art teacher in Tallinn.

In 1927, his only daughter Aino Marie (later Anu Kilpiö, died 1969) was born, a child of his model nicknamed "Miku".

In 1932, Laikmaa settled in the vicinity of Taebla in Lääne County, on his farm in the village of Kadarpiku designed with a 7-hectare park, where he remained and worked until the end of his life.