By the Mediterranean Sea, 1910
MediumOil on canvas
(H x W x D)160 × 160 × 5 cm
About the workLike a mosaic, the shimmering turquoise bay is made up of individual splashes of colour placed next to each other. It is surrounded by a row of tall trees whose silhouette resembles the curved coastline. Walter Ophey travelled to Italy in 1910 but only produced this painting of the coast of Positano after his return to Düsseldorf by basing it on a chalk drawing. He had studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and was a founding member of the exhibition group Sonderbund in 1909 and the artists’ association Das Junge Rheinland (The Young Rhineland) in 1919.
AccessionAcquisition 1954
Provenance1954 angekauft aus dem Nachlass des Künstlers
Inventory number0.1954.OY219
