The creative path of Paul Liivak proceeded in leaps. With the graphic art portfolio that was issued when he was only 20, he became one of the first Estonian lino-cut artists, but after that Liivak took a quite unexpected turn towards water-colours. Depicting of the country life in that period - Liivak originated from a peasant family - was also reflected in the lino-cuts and wooden engravings of the 1930ies. Liivak perished when he was only 42 years old. His world vision is most probably influenced by his childhood in the country. If the artists's wooden engravings of the 1930ies could be compared with the celebration of the theme of work in Truth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus), then obviously the House between trees of the 1930ies tries the same as nature-related poetry does - interpreting the nature and the country life into an art form. Characteristic is airyness both in the technique and at depicting of the motif. High-reaching finger-wide trees take up conversation with close-to-earth farm houses, being simultaneously as a counterbalance and support.