Alfred Cornelius Howland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfred Cornelius Howland

American painter

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1838

Place of Birth: Walpole, New Hampshire, United States

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1909

Profession: painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Alfred Cornelius Howland (12 February 1838 – 17 March 1909) was an American painter. He was born February 12, 1838, in Walpole, New Hampshire.
As youth, he worked as an engraver in Boston and a lithographer in New York.
From 1859 to 1861 he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Andreas Müller and till 1862 to Albert Flamm in Germany.
Next few years he spent in Paris and worked with French Barbizon School painters, Jean-François Millet and Théodore Rousseau.
He returned to America in 1865 and worked in New York and Williamstown, Massachusetts.
He is best known for genre paintings, landscapes and portraits.
He died March 17, 1909, in Pasadena, California. Howland was a member of the National Academy of Design and was member of the Academy council from 1880 to 1884. His works can be found in many US museums including Smithsonian American Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Milwaukee Art Museum and Yale University Art Gallery.