Beyond the recreation of the female nude, Rebull relies on the classical world, Greek classicism and the timeless and historical concept of volume. It was recreated in three types of female nude that it made in different versions, materials and sizes. The seated nude, the standing nude – closer to classic Greco-Roman models – and the reclining or reclining nude, a source of influence in the work of Henri Matisse and a prototype that he started in Paris, and of which he made several versions .
The composition and rhythm achieved with the twisting of the body, bowed head and crossed hands, said that it was the position that used the least material.
He first went to Paris as a pensioner of the Cercle Artístic, after winning a competition. From 1926 to 1930, he stayed where he met Picasso, intellectuals like Paul Éluard, and participated in the Salon of independent artists in the Grand Palais. In the Spanish Civil War he was committed to safeguarding the artistic heritage. He returned to Paris as an exile until 1949 where he created numerous sculptures and commissioned portraits and chaired the Arts section of the Cultural and Studies Association Catalan Culture.