Works from the Africa Collection of
Werner and Lotte Krause, Hamburg
(1924 – 2006 / 1926 – 2025)
Constantly expanding one‘s horizons,
daring to try new things, and chang-
ing perspectives. „For my parents, this
wasn‘t just a phrase, but a lived attitude
that they also passed on to us children,
„recalls son Felix. „Learning new things,
being open to other perspectives,“ his
father practiced throughout his life.
Even as a child, he discovered paint-
ing and with it a fascination for forms,
materials, expression, and visual nar-
rative. Painting remained – alongside
his career – his very own artistic refuge.
He and his wife immersed themselves
in the cultural cosmos. Joint trips out-
side of Europe took them to Hong Kong,
China, the USA, and various regions of
Africa. The numerous works in their
collection reflect this. A trip to New
York to meet private collectors of Af-
rican art was particularly formative.
These encounters not only opened up
new perspectives on art but also deep-
ened their passion for the diversity and
expressiveness of foreign cultures.
So it‘s not surprising that in 1989, after
his retirement, he enrolled again in a
course of study: „Ethnology“ at the Uni-
versity of Hamburg, which gave him
the opportunity to understand the
works from a scientific perspective.
The Krause Collection, from which
we are pleased to present a selection
of works of aesthetic beauty and re-
finement, was largely created in the
1980s in close collaboration with Henk
Italiaander, a gallery owner from Am-
sterdam, and the Kiel-based collector
Bernd Muhlack.
Photos: Private Archive
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