TitleLandscape
Artist
Alfred Cornelius Howland
(American, 1838 - 1909)
Date1883
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 15 1/4 × 18 1/8 in.
Framed: 18 3/4 × 21 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.
SignedSigned at lower left: "A.C. Howland/'83"
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, April 16, 1883
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number598-P
Label TextHowland's cheerful scene is typical of the artist: the framing trees attest to the influence of Camille Corot's airy brushwork; Corot and the Barbizon School are also evident in the meandering, serpentine path leading back to a pond or waterway. The inclusion of children at play and buildings in the distance "domesticates" the landscape and adds a degree of intimacy. Howland, who usually included figures in his outdoor views, was of a gregarious nature: wherever he went, he seems to have had no trouble attracting children to serve as models in his plein-air sessions.
