Walter Ophey

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.

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Walter Ophey
Walter Ophey (1908)
Born	(1882-03-25)25 March 1882 Eupen, Belgium
Died	11 January 1930(1930-01-11) (aged 47) Düsseldorf, Germany
Education	Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Spouse	Bernhardine Bornemann

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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]

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