Ursula Benser | |
Birth Name: | Ursula Maria Luise Heuser |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1915 |
Birth Place: | Düsseldorf, Germany |
Death Place: | Domburg, Netherlands |
Alma Mater: | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
Spouse: | Walther Benser (m. 1936–2001) |
Children: | 3 |
Mother: | Mira Sohn-Rethel |
Father: | Werner Heuser |
Ursula Benser, née Ursula Maria Luise Heuser (1915–2001)[1] was a German painter and draftsperson.[2] She worked in pastels, watercolor, and gouache, on paper or canvas.
She was born on 1 August 1915 in Düsseldorf, Germany, to parents Mira (née Sohn-Rethel), and painter Werner Heuser.[3] [4] Her brother was Klaus Heinrich Heuser (1909–1994), her maternal grandfather was Karl Rudolf Sohn, and her maternal great-grandfather was Karl Ferdinand Sohn. In 1936, she was married to photographer, Walther Benser.