Holcha Krake | |
Birth Date: | April 6, 1885 |
Birth Place: | Karlby Sogn, Denmark |
Death Place: | New York, New York |
Field: | Textile artist |
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]