Newly found – more than 300 works:

In the nearly inscrutable extensive estate of the two artists, more than 300 photos with information were found recently: These are the works directly sold by the two artists. They are collected in four pop-filled guide folders. Only a few of them are already documented in the Internet gallery Dethleffs.

At the beginning of our work we published the works in Dethleff's Internet Gallery, the origi-nals of which were available after the death of the two artists in the house and studio Dethleffs. Then we recorded works whose photographs we could get from museums and public collections. In addition, collectors have always sent photos of works with data that we had missed so far.

The newly found treasure is now closing many gaps in our work so far. Although the many, old photos are often only black and white, sometimes in very small format, partly also almost illegible. This also means that the names of all buyers are not to be deciphered. Nevertheless, the discovery opens the chance to substantially expand the overview of the work of the two artists.

The publication starts today with watercolors by Fridel Dethleffs-Edelmann from the years 1921 to 1924.

Professors and students of the Badenische Landeskunstschule in Karlsruhe were fascinated by the landscape "Blasiwald" near the Schluchsee for their studies: the nature was untouched, the light to paint excellent. From 1921, Fridel Edelmann was often in the Blasiwald. She had rented a small room in a small farm called "Häusle".

Sometimes she participated in painting and drawing courses by professors, sometimes she worked and greeted with the fellow students Schöpflin, Springer, Wittmer, Sachs and others.

To be continued: In one of our next exhibitions we will show you the works that were created during the above-mentioned art journey: first in the Dolomites, then in Portofino, Florence and Pisa. Venice was then their final destination.