Holcha Krake | |
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Born | Karlby Sogn, Denmark | April 6, 1885
Died | January 13, 1944 New York, New York | (aged 58)
Known for | Textile artist |
Spouse |
William H. Johnson (
m. 1930) |
Holcha Krake (1885-1944) was a Danish born textile artist, ceramist, watercolorist and the wife of the Harlem Renaissance artist William H. Johnson.
Krake was born on April 6, 1885, in Karlby Sogn, Denmark. [1] Krake studied in textile design in Sweden, Norway. and Denmark. In 1929 she met the artist William H. Johnson (1901-1970) when both were in France. They were married in Denmark in 1930 and resided in Norway for a time before settling in New York in 1938. [2] Johnson often used Krake as a subject. [3] [4]
Krake died of breast cancer in New York City on January 13, 1944. [2] [3] [1] Her work is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [5] In 2019 the Florence County Museum in Florence, South Carolina held an exhibition of the couple's work called Willie and Holcha. [6]