exactly 100 years ago the 1st time women were allowed to study at the bergen art academy an exhibition called battle for visibility women artists of the national gallery before 919 looks at female painters and sculptors who against all odds pursued an artistic career before that. something exceptional about this painting it shows kaiser wilhelm the 2nd in the manner that important men like to be seen in what was painted by a woman film of polarity painted high society portrayed a rare female artist who made it. despite the incredible fame she enjoyed at the time her fortunes faltered when salon painting went out of fashion today hardly anyone knows the name. it enough to know. this painting is by power you know lay in my own time has forgotten her to it's the only known painting by the artist even the date her death is unknown women were seldom permitted to study art female artists in the 19th century faced numerous obstacles women could be creative but only in a subsidiary way they couldn't be independently creative so they were effectively shut out of the highest forms of art the pla