Walter Hugo Ophey (25 March 1882 – 11 January 1930) was a German painter and graphic designer, known for Rhenish Expressionism.

[3] His father died in December 1888 and his mother returned to work, teaching music lessons.

[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.

In 1954, Museum Kunstpalast acquired the Ophey estate and now hold the largest collection of his work.