Olga Meisner-Jensen initially trained at Marie Luplau (1848–1925) and Emilie Mundt's (1842–1922) private drawing and painting school for women. In 1898 she was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, where she studied with professor Viggo Johansen (1851–1935) until 1903. One winter she took lessons with the painter Fritz Syberg (1862–1939), which was of great importance to her. In her paintings, the influence from the Fynbo painters can be seen, among other things in her use of strong colours and often with sunny lighting, as in the present painting.

The painter Ebba Carstensen (1885–1967) writes about Meisner-Jensen: “Her circle of motifs was quite narrow: window sills with a multitude of flowers -, hyacinths in glass and green plants - and the blue glow of the atmosphere that settled about things, broken by the bright plans of the sun” (obituary in the Report for the Royal Academy of Fine Arts 1949–1952).

In January 1910, Olga Meisner-Jensen, together with Agnes Slott-Møller (1862–1937), Bertha Dorph (1875–1960) and Anna Ancher (1859–1935) applied for admission to 'Malende Kunstneres Sammenslutning' (the Painters' Association), which was the most influential artists' organization of the time, but which, however, did not admit women as members. Thus they were - as expected - not admitted. Meisner-Jensen worked very actively for the rights of female artists and she was among the 25 women who founded 'Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund' (Danish Women's Artist Association) in 1916.