William James Glackens--The Raft, 1915

"Once derided as a slavish admirer of Renoir, the painter and illustrator William Glackens is among the most intriguing and underestimated participants in the first wave of 20th-century American modernism.

"A handsome, congenial, ambitious man who traveled early and often to Paris, Glackens led an unusually pleasant life, especially for an artist. He made a happy marriage with Edith Dimock, an artist from Hartford, who was of independent mind and means and trained at the Art Students League. Until his death in 1938, and especially once Edith came into her full inheritance in 1917, Glackens could spend much of his time drawing and painting what was almost always immediately in front of him. This included mostly public parks, people relaxing at the seashore and portraits or interior scenes involving family and friends..."

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/15/arts/design/william-glackens-spent-a-life-painting-what-was-before-him.html