The best way to get to know Ursula Dethleffs and her work better is to contact Ms. Dethleffs-Edelmann, mother of Ursula. She is a painter herself, a successful one, and is very fortunate to own the child Ursula along with her husband and house. With Ursula it is like this:

“She painted pictures when she was 6 years old, she made these plates when she was 7 years old and these carpets when she was eight years old, when she was 13 years old she had her first exhibition, it was a huge success. Ursula is so hardworking, she mostly works into the early morning, while she is always on the go, there are so many exhibitions now. She was 14 years old when these reverse glass pictures were taken, I have everything in showcases so that nothing happens, nothing is given away, everything is from before, Ursula is extremely hardworking, lately she has been taking pictures of materials, recently also rear glass with carpets in between. "

Ursula has, Ursula becomes ... Ms. Dethleffs is in her element. You forget that you wanted to get to know Ursula. Maybe Ursula doesn't even exist, you almost wish for it. Because so much hard work, so much productivity already in early childhood, when we were floating around uselessly on the street, depress in the long run. Your own market value begins to waver.

But then Ursula comes into the room. 38 years old, as you will find out later. Remarkably fresh and unaffected. No fancy, rather undemanding. We want to see carpets from recent times. She immediately begins to drag, bringing about 60 works, each about 170 cm high and 50 cm wide. In addition a cardboard box with 30 smaller, square tapestries. All emerged over the past year:

One as gorgeous as the other. Very decorative and festive, in mostly dark, bright colors figures, trees, landscapes, flowers, abstract. No repetition. Every work is a new creation - from the topic, from the colors, even from the material.

Ursula Dethleffs seems to be inexhaustible in finding new combinations. You get the impression that she only needs a piece of fabric and the picture is created automatically.

It doesn't have to be sophisticated material. Of course, you are always welcome to beautiful silk fabrics, a rest of velvet or even lace. But it can also be inspired by a pair of green wool socks. She can use everything for her carpet magic games. So the request comes immediately not to throw anything away, but in any case to send old clothes to Isny.

Mother Fridel Dethleffs-Edelmann begins to be understood. Ursula is actually something of a phenomenon. Carpet making seems to be a game for them, started over 30 years ago.

Her understanding of art has grown in the meantime, the dedication to the game has remained the same. So busy with pearls and buttons, old and new fabrics, Ursula doesn't seem to hear that she is actually a child prodigy. She can do something - you often tell her how much she can do. Nevertheless, it is refreshingly normal. Hard to believe!

1971: Eugen Eisenmann, Böblingen (Eisenmann Art collection + Eisenmann Mechanical Engineering Society)