Women's Art Class, ca. 1868, Oil on canvas, 26 7/8 x 23 1/4 in. (68. 3 x 59. 1 cm), Paintings, Louis Lang (1814?1893), Born in Germany, Lang arrived in 1838 in Philadelphia, where he became known as a portraitist and probably taught painting classes. This scene may represent the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (founded 1805), which as early as 1844 allowed women to study in the galleries; the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (founded 1844) ; or a comparable setting in New York City, where Lang settled in 1849