Oral history interview with Henk Pander

Collection

Identifier: SR 9328

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Henk Pander was conducted by Charles Digregorio at Pander’s home in Portland, Oregon, on July 28, 1978, as part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library’s oral history program.

In this interview, Pander briefly discusses his early life and education in the Netherlands. He talks about his early career as an artist in Amsterdam in the 1960s, about his marriage to Marcia Lynch, and about moving to Portland, Oregon, in the mid-1960s. He discusses adjusting to life in the United States, shares how his experiences as a college professor during the Vietnam War influenced his art, and talks about some of his other artistic influences, including astronomy and science fiction. He closes the interview by talking about his use of color in his paintings.

Dates

1978 July 28

Creator

Pander, Henk, 1937- (Interviewee, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estate of Henk Pander. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Biographical note

Hendrik Pieter "Henk" Pander was born in Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1937. His childhood was spent in Nazi-occupied Holland. He studied art at the State Academy of Amsterdam and graduated in 1961. While he was working as an artist in Amsterdam in the 1960s, he met an American, Marcia Lynch. They married in 1964, and later had two children. Shortly after their marriage, the couple moved to Portland, Oregon. From 1965 to 1967, Pander taught at the Museum Art School, now the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and later supported himself primarily through the sale of his paintings. His artwork is held by museums in Oregon and the Netherlands. He died in 2023.

Sources: Information provided by Pander in his interview; article on Henk Pander by Roger Hull in the Oregon Encyclopedia, https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/pander_henk_1937_/#.ZDcT73bMJPY

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (56 min., 29 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Henk Pander conducted by Charles Digregorio on July 28, 1978. Pander discusses his career as an artist in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and in Portland, Oregon.

Existence and Location of Copies

Audio available online in OHS Digital Collections.

Related Materials

Several artworks by Henk Pander are held in museum collections at the Oregon Historical Society: painting of the wreck of the New Carissa, Object ID 2004-44.1.1,.2; drawing of Governor Tom McCall, Object ID 83-42.1,.2; and View from Maryhill, Object ID 87-151.50.