Alaskan Artist JAN VAN EMPEL Signed Original BASIN ROAD Juneau Oil Painting

Jan Van Empel (1880 - 1940) signed original oil painting of Basin Road in Juneau, Alaska on board. Signed at lower left and dated 1926. Most likely original wood frame measures 19.5" x 15.5". Painting measures 16" x 11.75".  As found on AskArt: Jan Van Empel is no doubt the first modernist style painter of Alaska scenes, which makes him very important to Alaska. He was born in Amsterdam in the late 19th century. Jan emigrated to the United States and by 1918 was already regarded as an important modernist painter. Jan Van Empel's work was featured in the inaugural exposition of the Whitney Club in 1918 along with the other great American modernist painters, Robert Henri, William Glackens, John Sloan, George Luks, and Arthur B. Davies. Jan Van Empel was a close friend of Robert Henri and "Who Was Who of American Art" biography states he was a student of Robert Henri.Jan Van Empel traveled to Alaska to make his mark. It is recorded by the Seward, Alaska Preservation Society that Jan