Already as a 17-year-old, Greta Gerell was accepted as one of the youngest ever to the Stockholm Academy of the Arts. In the 1920s she studied with André Lhote in Paris, then in Florence and Munich.

As a 29-year-old, she was dedicated to a solo exhibition at one of Stockholm's most prestigious galleries, Gummesson’s, in 1927. The exhibition was successful and was her breakthrough.

Greta Gerell is represented at leading museums in Sweden. The Moderna Museet's collection includes five works by her. The museum's artwork "Kvinnostudie" was donated to the Moderna Museet by King Gustav VI Adolf, who admired Greta Gerell's art.

The painting's summer view is taken from Cedergrenska Parkvillan (also called Skogshyddan), a famous cultural-historical building in Stocksund. From 1890, it was hunter master Cedergren's summer home and the villa has been classified by Danderyd municipality as "culturally and historically indispensable". The property is today a private home and a beautiful landmark in Stocksund, which can be seen on the way out to Roslagen from Stockholm.