In Memoriam - Helga Maria Palko 1928-2006

摘要

The enamel and goldsmith communities of Canada mourn the death of Helga Palko, 77, who died April 15, 2006, of pancreatic cancer. She had a long and distinguished career. Growing up in Linz, Austria, Helga experienced post-World War I and was a teenager during World War II. In 1953, she graduated from The Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, in painting and with the teacher's secondary school certificates for art, drawing , art appreciation and needle work. In 1954 she joined her fiancee, Michael Palko, in Saskatoon and after their marriage they moved to California where Michael completed his masters in public health. Helga studied enameling, metal and jewelry at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland (scholarship). Returning to Canada, they raised three children in Saskatchewan (Regina and Lumsden) and in Vancouver before settling in Ottawa, Ontario.