Marie Vilhelmine Bang

Marie Vilhelmine Bang (1848–1932), commonly known as Ville Bang, was a Danish painter of portraits, landscapes and genre works. In 1888, together with 22 other women, she presented a petition to the parliament, calling for the Art Academy to be expanded to admit women. It led to the establishment of where in October 1888 she was one of the first students. Together with , she later opened an art school to prepare women for the Academy.

Biography Born on 3 March 1848 in Copenhagen, Marie Vilhelmine Bang was the daughter of the politician and later prime minister Peter Georg Bang (1797–1861) and Marie Caroline Fribert (1803–1875). She received training from three notable painters of the period: Frederik Vermehren, Jørgen Roed and Vilhelm Kyhn. Kyhn submitted samples of her artwork, together with drawings by Augusta Paulli and , in an unsuccessful attempt to have them admitted to the Academy.