William F. Paskell was born in London and moved to Boston in 1872 as a youngster with his family. By the age of twenty-one he was already mentioned in the press as a very promising artist, with his paintings hanging beside the work of Childe Hassam and John J. Enneking in the annual Boston Art Club exhibitions.

Paskell married in 1900 and by 1905. he had four children. In order to provide for his family, Paskell pushed his paintings on the market faster than the market could absorb them and thus depressed the prices of his own works. However, after years of neglect Paskell's paintings are gradually earning more respect.

Paskell started painting a fairly tight style of Impressionism and gradually reached a loose Impressionist...