(1913  – 2007)
The von Engelhardt family was displaced from Estonia after World War II and sought refuge in Germany. Serge von Engelhardt immigrated to Grand Prairie, Alberta, with his family in 1952 and eked out a living as a farmhand. They moved to Edmonton, Alberta, where he worked at odd jobs and constructed a ceramics studio in his basement. They moved to BC in 1980, where he opened another studio to sell his ceramic work. While he sold some decorative items, von Engelhardt’s magnificent sculptures were never fully appreciated by the public.