Art Students
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Art Students
- Artist: Louis Lang (American, Bad Waldsee, Germany 1814–1893 New York)
- Date: ca. 1871
- Culture: American
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 26 7/8 x 23 1/4 in. (68.3 x 59.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1999
- Object Number: 1999.143
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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