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Committee advances resolution commemorating artist Hank Pander
Summary
The House Rules Committee heard family and colleagues in support of House Concurrent Resolution 24 honoring Oregon artist Hendrick "Hank" Pander (1937–2023); the committee advanced the resolution to the House floor with a B adopted recommendation.
The House Rules Committee opened a public hearing March 24 on House Concurrent Resolution 24, which commemorates the life and work of Hendrick Peter "Hank" Pander (1937–2023), an artist whose paintings and public works appear in numerous Oregon institutions.
Representative Ben Bowman introduced the resolution and described Pander's many works displayed across Oregon, including at the Portland Art Museum, Oregon State University, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art and the Oregon Historical Society. Family members Jakob Pander and Arnold Pander were present and Jakob described his father's arrival from The Netherlands in the 1960s and how Oregon landscapes and historical events shaped his art.
Stephen Wasserstrom, identified as a professor emeritus and a longtime friend of Pander, described the artist's European training and memorialized two works: an ink portrait of Pander and siblings during Nazi occupation and the portrait of Rabbi Joshua Stanford now in Congregation Neveh Shalom. Testimony emphasized Pander's engagement with both Oregon subjects (Mount St. Helens, the New Carissa wreck, Vanport) and European memory.
In a committee work session Vice Chair Pham moved to advance HCR 24; the roll call recorded affirmative votes with several members excused. Chair Bowman announced the motion passed and said he would carry the resolution to the House floor. Committee staff recorded HCR 24 as having "no fiscal and no revenue impact."
