Walter Ophey
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Walter Hugo Ophey (25 March 1882 – 11 January 1930) was a German painter and graphic designer, known for Rhenish Expressionism.[1][2] He was a member of the Sonderbund group and Young Rhineland art groups.
Walter Ophey | |
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 Walter Ophey (1908) | |
| Born | 25 March 1882 Eupen, Belgium |
| Died | 11 January 1930 (aged 47) Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Education | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
| Spouse | Bernhardine Bornemann |
Biography
Walter Hugo Ophey was born on 25 March 1882 in Eupen, Germany (now Belgium) to Louise Haeber and accountant Emil Ophey.[3] His father died in December 1888 and his mother returned to work, teaching music lessons.[3] He studied with sculptor Karl Krauss (1859–1906) in 1900. He attended Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Art Academy) and studied under Fritz Roeber and Willy Spatz (1861–1931).[3]
In 1912, Ophey joined the Sonderbund group with other Düsseldorf painters, Julius Bretz, Max Clarenbach, August Deusser, Wilhelm Schmurr, and brothers Karli Sohn-Rethel, Otto Sohn-Rethel and Alfred Sohn-Rethel.[4][5]
On 12 February 1917, Walter Ophey married Bernhardine Bornemann (1879–1968).[6]
In 1919, he was a founding member of Young Rhineland (Das Junge Rheinland) art association, alongside Werner Heuser, Heinrich Nauen, Adolf Uzarski, Arthur Kaufmann, Carlo Mense, and architect Wilhelm Kreis.[7]
His work is in the public museum collection at Stadtmuseum Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf (City Museum State Capital Düsseldorf),[8] Städel Museum,[9] Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),[10] among others. In 1954, Museum Kunstpalast acquired the Ophey estate and now hold the largest collection of his work.[11]
The art exhibition "Walter Ophey, Show Your Colors!", was shown in 2018–2019 at Museum Kunstpalast, and 2019–2020 at Kulturspeicher Würzburg.[11][6]
Gallery
'Rising Moon' (1905)
Ophey, "Birches on the Edge of the Heather" (c.1904/1905), oil on canvas
'Dachau Moor' (1907)
'In the Hof Garden' (1915)
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