Anders Zorn (1860-1920) was born in Mora. His reputation mainly rested on his portraiture and he came to portray many great people, including presidents and royalty, for example Theodore Roosevelt was portrayed in an etching. In the late 1880s, Zorn began working in the genre that would increasingly become his hallmark, nudity in the open air. The movements of the water and the reflections of light on the water surface. It was something that had long interested him and the motif was complicated by placing a model by or in the water, with the aim of depicting a synthesis between man and nature. In 1896, the Zorn couple moved home to Sweden and Zorngården in Mora. This led to an increased interest in their homeland, which would be reflected in his painting.