Although István Réti was a major representative and theoretician of the Nagybánya art school, there are relatively few pictures in his oeuvre which reflect principles developed mainly by Károly Ferenczy. Réti made his name with interiors and portraits which were initially gloomy, then became more and more colourful. He focused his attention rather on teaching, organisation and theory than artistic activities which he had hardly any time to develop, although he himself considered it important. The present picture remained unique in his oeuvre: here his art came closest to impressionism with fresh colours. He managed to express the balanced happiness of man relaxing in nature with harmonious rhythms of colour. Réti who had been trying to express space all his life, solved perspectivity in this rather narrow space by foliage with dark shadows reaching in on the right side which served as a scenery for his picture.