Holcha Krake
Holcha Krake was a Danish born textile artist and the wife of the Harlem Renaissance artist William H. Johnson.Biography
Krake was born on April 6, 1885 in Karlby Sogn, Denmark. Krake studied in textile design in Sweden, Norway. and Denmark. In 1929 she met the artist William H. Johnson 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. Johnson often used Krake as a subject.
Krake died of breast cancer in New York City on January 13, 1944. Her work is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In 2019 the Florence County Museum in Florence, South Carolina held an exhibiton of the couple's work called Willie and Holcha.Gallery
