Konrad Mägi painted on the island of Vilsandi located next to the island of Saaremaa during the summers of 1913 and 1914. He probably arrived there upon the recommendation of the writer Gustav Suits, a close acquaintance of Mägi’s. Suits had spent the summer of 1908 on the island. In one of his letters from around that time Suits claimed to have been the only holidaymaker on Vilsandi, which means that the island had not yet become a tourist attraction and the local landscapes were mostly unknown to the broader public. Suits rented a room in the attic of captain Jaan Teär’s house in the middle of the island. It is possible that Konrad Mägi stayed in the same place a few years later. 

Paintings made on Vilsandi are rich in colours: bright, strong, occasionally even unmixed colours. Large canvases have been covered in thousands of small and fast brushstrokes.