Walter Ophey was a German artist. His early work could still be attributed to Neo-Impressionism. He was one of the most important members of the artist group “Das Junge Rheinland” (The Young Rhineland) and of Rhenish Expressionism, alongside Max Ernst and Otto Dix. He was a gifted painter, draftsman and etcher.
Born: 25 March 1882 in Eupen
Died: 01 November 1930 in Düsseldorf
Walter Ophey begins his artistic career in Aachen. Then he attends the Düsseldorf Academy in the first decade of the twentieth century and is educated by Eugene Dücker. He lives his entire life in Düsseldorf, except for a short stay in Paris. During this period of training, he gets given first exhibitions, with immediate success. After his first sales exhibitions, his works are also exhibited in the “Sonderbund”, a group of young artists, of which he is a founding member, in “Das Junge Rheinland” and at the “Rheinische Sezession”. The painter also serves in the First World War. He is artistically active and a member of various groups of artists. In addition to small, colorful drawings, he also prefers monumental art. Today, many of his drawings can be admired at the Folkwang Museum in Essen.
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Oil Paintings