Holcha Krake

Holcha Krake (6 April 1885–13 January 1944) was a Danish born textile artist, ceramist, watercolorist, and the wife of the Harlem Renaissance artist William H. Johnson. Her style is characterized by a blend of Nordic folk art and modernism.

Krake began her career as art weaver, having trained in weaving at Askov Højskole and the Manufacture des Gobelins. She began working in ceramics following a highly influential trip to Tunisia in 1932. Although she had previously produced watercolor paintings, her work as a painter was in turn influenced by her travels in Norway.