Konrad Mägi arrived in Norway in the summer of 1908 and hoped to return to Paris in the fall. Due to lack of money, this wish was not fulfilled and Mägi stayed in Norway for more than two years. Although he was almost 30 years old, it was only now that Mägi's first extensive creative period began, during which dozens of paintings were completed. This period was characterized by a focus on landscape views, a large amplitude of experiments, the development of an improvisational and impulsive style of painting, where the tone was set by dense brushwork and the use of more minimalistic tools instead of later lush colors. In the atmospheres, melancholic moods set the tone, noticeably different from the later spectacular and apocalyptic shots.
This painting may be one of Mägi's first works completed in Norway. This is indicated by the small format and scarce color, since Mägi could have created larger and more colorful paintings when he was more established as an artist and had accumulated more financial resources. It is a brilliant example of Mägi's first painting impulses, which seem immediate and experimental. The brushwork is dense, the cascade of strokes is applied to the base material with a rarely seen intensity. The nuances of the colors should not necessarily be judged from the reproduction, but they have a powerful effect when you stand in front of the painting and experience the time and the moment of the artist's creative emotion. A lot of, characteristics of Mägi, has been squeezed into the small format, so the work can also fill a large white wall, the inner charge is strong.