Walter Ophey, 1882 Eupen - 1930 Dusseldorf, Studies at the Düsseldorfer academy of arts with Ernst Dücker, 1909 Ophey joins with the painters Julius Bretz, Max Clarenbach, August Deusser and Wilhem Schmurr and other artist tothe group 'Sonderbund', in 1919 he founded with other artists the group 'Das young Rhineland', here: seascape, in an almost mystic atmosphere, of one reddish gradated background the artist has created one seascapewith bushes and trees in lively, broken colours in green, grey, yellow, thereby he creates a shimmering atmosphere , oil/canvas, lower left signed, approx. 61 x 72 cm, cleaned, frame