Alfred Cornelius Howland

Alfred Cornelius Howland (A.C. Howland) was an American painter from Walpole, New Hampshire. He worked as an engraver and lithographer as a teenager before traveling to Europe to further his artistic studies at the Royal Academy in Dusseldorf and then in Paris afterward, where he studied with Barbizon School painters and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Corot had such a profound impact on his artistic style, the Los Angeles Herald noted that critics referred to Howland as the "Corot of America" in his obituary on March 19, 1909.

Howland is best known for his New England scenes, but also produced portraits. One of his most famous works "The Old Yale Fence" combines both these elements – he painted the school’s sprawling campus grounds, populated by a number of its sportsman.