Axel en Helena van der Kraan were a sculptor-duo from the Netherlands, consisting of Axel van der Kraan (born 1949) and Helena van der Kraan-Maazel (1940–2020), active as sculptors and draftsman.
In 1990, at the Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, there was a retrospective of their work with sculptors, drawings, and photography.
[2] Helena van der Kraan-Maazel died 14 June 2020 (her 80th birthday) in Rotterdam from cancer.
[3] She was described as an artist, who "observed with a concerned look, who recorded her surroundings in noiseless portraits.
"[4] According to Henny de Lange, Helena van der Kraan mainly sought with her photography "the beauty of the everyday.