Magyar News, 2004. szeptember-2005. augusztus (15. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2005-01-01 / 5. szám
Above: The Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of St, John the Baptist on Mill Hill Avenue in Bridgeport. On the right: The beautiful ikonostasis of the church. Orestos Mihály saw Jámbor paint the ikons. mined to have beautiful icons and other religious paintings in their churches and chose this talented Hungarian American artist to provide his remarkable talents. They enjoyed speaking with him in the Hungarian language and reminisced about the culture of the Hungarian people. In 1945 Louis Jámbor also previously painted the magnificent paintings on the ikonostasis of St. John the Baptist Carpatho Russian Church on Mill Hill Avenue in Bridgeport Ct. where Bishop Chomock The painting that Joseph F. Balogh has. and Father Mihály also served prior to their pastorate at the Stratford church. Attorney Orestes Mihály, remembers with fondness the times when Louis Jámbor t actually painted these works of art. He has a Louis Jámbor icon picture in his home and still attends the church with his family in Stratford, but lives in Westchester County. He is pleased that the Magyar News will shed some light on this famous Hungarian and his works for its readers. Although Mihaly's father was Rusyn his mother and grandmother were Hungarian. At this time the present pastor of the Stratford Greek Catholic Church is V. Rev. Peter Paproski.” A few more words about Louis Jámbor. He was a member of the Royal Academy of the Society of Art. He had many exhibits among them at the World’s Fair in both the Protestant and Vatican Pavilions in New York. He did many book illustrations, one of them a classic, Alcott’s “Little Women”. He made 78 pen and ink illustrations for that book, also 5 pages in color. Q Page 3 Two illustrations for the book
