biography of Louis LANG (1814-1893)

Birth place: Württemberg, Germany

Death place: NYC

Addresses: Philadelphia (immigrated 1838); NYC, 1847-on

Profession: Genre, portrait, miniature, and historical painter

Studied: Stuttgart and Paris in 1834.

Exhibited: PAFA and Artists Fund Soc., Phila., 1840-68; NAD, 1847-85; Brooklyn AA, 1861-82

Member: N.A., 1853; Century Assoc.

Work: NYHS; Penn State University (Allison-Shelley Coll., Univ. Libraries)

Comments: During the early 1840s, he went to Italy. Although he settled in NYC in 1847, he made lengthy trips to Europe. He was highly respected by his fellow artists and was a close friend of John F. Kensett (the two shared a studio). Lang was especially known for his warm genre portrayals of holiday scenes.

Sources: G&W; Thieme-Becker; Rutledge, PA; Cowdrey, NAD; Naylor, NAD; Cowdrey, AA & AAU; Swan, BA; Rutledge, MHS; minutes of NYHS, May 1893; repro., NYHS Quarterly (April 1945), 71. More recently see Edwards, Domestic Bliss, 46, 66, 89-90.