Walter Ophey
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{{Infobox person
| name = Walter Ophey
| image = WalterOphey2.jpg
| alt = Walter Ophey
| caption = Walter Ophey (1908)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|03|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Eupen, Belgium
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1930|01|11|1882|03|25|df=y}}
| death_place = Düsseldorf, Germany
| education = Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
| spouse = Bernhardine Bornemann
}}
File:Walter Ophey Birken am Heiderand.jpg
Walter Hugo Ophey (25 March 1882 – 11 January 1930) was a German painter and graphic designer, known for Rhenish Expressionism.{{Cite web|date=2019-11-05|title=So farbenfroh – und merkwürdig – malte Walter Ophey|url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/kultur/so-farbenfroh-und-merkwuerdig-malte-walter-ophey,RgvcInh|access-date=2020-08-20|website=BR24|language=de}}{{Cite web|last=Fricke|first=C.|date=January 9, 2013|title=Walter Ophey: "Es dümpelt so still vor sich hin"|trans-title="Walter Ophey: It's bobbing so quietly"|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/arts_und_style/kunstmarkt/walter-ophey-es-duempelt-so-still-vor-sich-hin/7605394.html|access-date=2020-08-20|website=www.handelsblatt.com|language=de}} He was a member of the Sonderbund group and Young Rhineland art groups.
Biography
Walter Hugo Ophey was born on 25 March 1882 in Eupen, Germany (now Belgium) to Louise Haeber and accountant Emil Ophey.{{Cite web|title=Walter Ophey, Artist (1882-1930)|url=http://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/walter-ophey/DE-2086/lido/5da04d78572885.08785773|access-date=2020-08-20|website=Portal Rheinische Geschichte (Portal Rhenish History)|language=de}} His father died in December 1888 and his mother returned to work, teaching music lessons. 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).
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.{{Cite book|title=Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler|publisher=Kunsthalle Düsseldorf|year=1911|trans-title=Sonderbund of West German Art Friends and Artists}}{{Cite book|last=Selz|first=Peter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Sy8MmOU3ZYC&pg=PA246|title=German Expressionist Painting|publisher=University of California Press|year=1957|location=Berkeley, California|pages=246|language=en|lccn=57-10501}}
On 12 February 1917, Walter Ophey married Bernhardine Bornemann (1879–1968).
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.{{Cite web|last=Ey|first=Johanna|date=2014|title=Mutter der rheinischen Avantgarde. Eine regionale Kunstgeschichte|url=http://www.rheinische-art.de/cms/topics/johanna-ey-mutter-der-rheinischen-avantgarde.-eine-regionale-kunstgeschichte.php|access-date=2020-08-19|website=www.rheinische-art.de|language=de}}
His work is in the public museum collection at Stadtmuseum Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf (City Museum State Capital Düsseldorf),{{Cite web|title=Art and Culture, Bernhardine Bornemann|url=http://emuseum.duesseldorf.de:8080/objects/266127/bernhardine-bornemann;jsessionid=D4F0E6D42681FF58E51483E7EFE3F616|access-date=2020-08-20|website=emuseum.duesseldorf.de|language=de}} Städel Museum,{{Cite web|title=Collection: Park island in the pond|url=https://www.staedelmuseum.de/go/ds/16132z|website=Städel Museum, Frankfurt}} Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),{{Cite web|title=Walter Ophey|url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/152919|access-date=2020-08-22|website=LACMA Collections}} among others. In 1954, Museum Kunstpalast acquired the Ophey estate and now hold the largest collection of his work.{{Cite web|title=Walter Ophey at Museum Kunstpalast - Events|url=http://www.artnet.com/events/museums/walter-ophey-at-museum-kunstpalast/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Artnet.com}}
The art exhibition "Walter Ophey, Show Your Colors!", was shown in 2018–2019 at Museum Kunstpalast, and 2019–2020 at Kulturspeicher Würzburg.{{Cite web|last=Zeitung|first=Süddeutsche|date=November 19, 2019|title=Leuchtendes Leben|trans-title=Shining Life|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/kunst-leuchtendes-leben-1.4687976|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Süddeutsche.de|language=de}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book|last=Kraus|first=Stefan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hnZOAAAAYAAJ|title=Walter Ophey 1882-1930, Leben und Werk|publisher=Hatje Cantz|year=1993|isbn=978-3-7757-0403-8|trans-title=Walter Ophey 1882-1930, Life and Work}}
- {{Cite book|title=Walter Ophey Das Gesamtwerk: Gemalde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik : Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf im Ehrendorf, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen|publisher=Wienand Verlag|year=1991|isbn=978-3879092741|location=Germany|trans-title=Walter Ophey The Complete Works: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints: Art Museum Dusseldorf in Ehrendorf, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen}}
- {{Cite book|title=Walter Ophey, Farbe Bekennen!: Katalog zur Ausstellung im Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf 2018 und Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg 2019|publisher=Wienand Verlag & Medien|year=2018|isbn=978-3868324471|location=Germany|trans-title=Walter Ophey, Show Your Colors!: Catalog for the exhibition at the Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf 2018 and the Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg 2019}}
External links
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- [https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/park-paths-walter-ophey/vwFn-6wVEuAcEA?hl=en Walter Ophey] on Google Arts and Culture
- Podcast in German: [https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/kulturwelt/kulturspeicher-wuerzburg-walter-ophey-farbe-bekennen/1773569 Kulturspeicher Würzburg: "Walter Ophey - Farbe Bekennen" (Kulturspeicher Würzburg: "Walter Ophey - Show Your Colors")](2019)
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