Kirsten Kraa (April 2, 1941 – June 9, 2020) was an American painter and educator.
Kraa was born in Munich, Germany on April 2, 1941. She emigrated with her family to the United States in 1956, initially to Fort Lee, New Jersey, and then lived with her family in Pequannock Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Butler High School."Kirsten Kraa Is Married to Rutgers Alumnus", Paterson News, September 4, 1964. Accessed August 26, 2026, via Newspapers.com. "Miss Kirsten Kraa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kraa of 39 Madison St., Pequannock and James D'Addezio, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D'Addezio of Lake Edenwold, Butler, formerly of Pompton Plains, were united in marriage Sunday afternoon at the First Reformed Church of Pompton Plains.... The bride is a graduate of Butler High School and Douglass College, New Brunswick." She graduated from Douglass College in 1963, where she served as an assistant art professor, and was awarded a master of Fine Arts from Rutgers University in 1965. Her teachers included Roy Lichtenstein and Ulfert Wilke.
A longtime resident of Verona, New Jersey, Kraa died on June 9, 2020, in West Orange, New Jersey.
Her work is in The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.
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