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H.M. Krause 1861-1931 Attrib.Watercolour Landscape
We are offering for sale this lovely watercolour attributed to the artist H. Max Krause, who has signed the painting with his initials MC, in the lower right hand corner. The painting bears an attribution on the backing board which reads 'Malcolm Crouse Derbyshire Artist (Listed) Real name Emil A. Krause. In actual fact, this is incorrect, as Malcolm or M. Crouse is actually Emil's brother Heinrich Max Krause. (see below)
The painting depicts an old lady, with a child standing next to her, bending over the foliage at the side of the path through an area of deciduous trees. In her wicker basket which is next to her,are some bracken fronds, but whether she is picking berries to put in a basket lined in bracken or whether the bracken is being collected for another purpose, is unknown. Once valued and gathered for use in animal bedding, tanning, soap and glass making and as a fertiliser, bracken is now seen as a pernicious, invasive and opportunistic plant
H. Max Krause was born in Biesdorf in Germany in 1861, to Franz (Francis) Emile Hermann Krause 1836-1900 and Johann Henrietta Amelia Stock daughter of a German painter J. F. A. Stock. The family moved to the UK and settled in Lancashire and the 1881 Census found the 20 year old Max living at 28 Bignor Street, Cheetham, Prestwich, Lancashire with his parents and 5 siblings. He and his brother the artist Emil Albert Krause, later Emil Albert Stock, after he changed his name by deed poll in 1916 due to anti German feeling, were both taught by their father. ( Emil Albert is frequently called Emil Axel due to confusion between him and a Danish artist)
In 1885, Max married Mary Jane Mansell (1861-1930) and he is listed officially as Frederick (Friedrich) Heinrich M. Krause in the marriage register. To our knowledge, he painted under the names Max Krause, H. Max Krause, H. M. Krause, H. M. Crouse, Malcolm Crouse and M. Crouse (as in these paintings) and, it is our contention that he also painted under the pseudonym Max Sinclair, although as yet we have been unable to prove it. (There is absolutely no official record of an artist by the name of Max Sinclair in the late 1800s and the similarity of his paintings and those of both Franz Krause and Max Krause are unmistakable. We came across a mention in a Victorian newspaper cutting that Max Sinclair was the only pupil of the Master Franz Krause, so it seems fairly obvious to us that he and Max Krause are one and the same.)
In the 1911 Census, he was living at Ashleigh, Dane Road, Sale, Cheshire and was listed as a German, naturalised British Subject in 1886. This address is listed in The Dictionary of British Artists, as the address of the artist M. Crouse, who exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool in 1907. His naturalisation though, is in doubt, as in 1916 he was accused of being near a prohibited area in Southport as he was not a British citizen as other family member were. Later he and Mary Jane moved to Southport, where two of his brothers were set up as carvers, gilders and frame makers, and in 1930 Mary Jane died at 197 Portland Street, Southport, leaving her assets of £366 to her husband Henry Max Crouse, artist. Max himself died a year later.
The painting is mounted with washlines and is framed in a 7/8" gilt frame. It will be supplied wired and ready to hang.
Image size: 17 1/4" x 12 3/4" - 43.75cm x 32.35cm
Frame size: 23 1/4" x 20 5/8" - 59cm x 52.5cm
Medium: Watercolours
Condition: Very good. There is no foxing or fading. The mount and frame are in very good condition.
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The painting depicts an old lady, with a child standing next to her, bending over the foliage at the side of the path through an area of deciduous trees. In her wicker basket which is next to her,are some bracken fronds, but whether she is picking berries to put in a basket lined in bracken or whether the bracken is being collected for another purpose, is unknown. Once valued and gathered for use in animal bedding, tanning, soap and glass making and as a fertiliser, bracken is now seen as a pernicious, invasive and opportunistic plant
H. Max Krause was born in Biesdorf in Germany in 1861, to Franz (Francis) Emile Hermann Krause 1836-1900 and Johann Henrietta Amelia Stock daughter of a German painter J. F. A. Stock. The family moved to the UK and settled in Lancashire and the 1881 Census found the 20 year old Max living at 28 Bignor Street, Cheetham, Prestwich, Lancashire with his parents and 5 siblings. He and his brother the artist Emil Albert Krause, later Emil Albert Stock, after he changed his name by deed poll in 1916 due to anti German feeling, were both taught by their father. ( Emil Albert is frequently called Emil Axel due to confusion between him and a Danish artist)
In 1885, Max married Mary Jane Mansell (1861-1930) and he is listed officially as Frederick (Friedrich) Heinrich M. Krause in the marriage register. To our knowledge, he painted under the names Max Krause, H. Max Krause, H. M. Krause, H. M. Crouse, Malcolm Crouse and M. Crouse (as in these paintings) and, it is our contention that he also painted under the pseudonym Max Sinclair, although as yet we have been unable to prove it. (There is absolutely no official record of an artist by the name of Max Sinclair in the late 1800s and the similarity of his paintings and those of both Franz Krause and Max Krause are unmistakable. We came across a mention in a Victorian newspaper cutting that Max Sinclair was the only pupil of the Master Franz Krause, so it seems fairly obvious to us that he and Max Krause are one and the same.)
In the 1911 Census, he was living at Ashleigh, Dane Road, Sale, Cheshire and was listed as a German, naturalised British Subject in 1886. This address is listed in The Dictionary of British Artists, as the address of the artist M. Crouse, who exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool in 1907. His naturalisation though, is in doubt, as in 1916 he was accused of being near a prohibited area in Southport as he was not a British citizen as other family member were. Later he and Mary Jane moved to Southport, where two of his brothers were set up as carvers, gilders and frame makers, and in 1930 Mary Jane died at 197 Portland Street, Southport, leaving her assets of £366 to her husband Henry Max Crouse, artist. Max himself died a year later.
The painting is mounted with washlines and is framed in a 7/8" gilt frame. It will be supplied wired and ready to hang.
Image size: 17 1/4" x 12 3/4" - 43.75cm x 32.35cm
Frame size: 23 1/4" x 20 5/8" - 59cm x 52.5cm
Medium: Watercolours
Condition: Very good. There is no foxing or fading. The mount and frame are in very good condition.
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Date 1890-1910
1910s Antiques Material Paper
Origin English
Item code as237a1827
Status For Sale
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$306.05
€286.48
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Tel : 01622 812556
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