Alaskan Artist JAN VAN EMPEL Signed Original Social at the PARK Oil Painting

Jan Van Empel (1880 - 1940) signed original oil painting on board of figures socializing in a park like setting. Signed at lower left. Most likely original shadowbox wood frame measures 12" x 14". Painting measures 8" x 9.5". Recently cleaned, colors are brighter than they appear in photos.  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. I