Art Students
Artist: Louis Lang (American, 1814–1893)
Original Dimensions: 26 7/8" x 23 1/4"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (ca. 1871) "Beginning in 1867 Lang, a German immigrant, taught art classes for women in his New York City studio, at Broadway and West 28th Street. Here, students appear amid the essentials for training: a palette and paints, books of prints, plaster sculptures, architectural fragments, easels, and other creative tools. By the late 1860s educational opportunities for aspiring professional women artists had expanded from private lessons with established artists to schools, notably the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, established in 1859, and the Ladies’ Art Association, started in 1867." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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