Wilhelm Degode was born in 1862 in Oldenburg, Germany. Degode studied at KA Düsseldorf with H. Crola and was a private student of C. Jungheim and Heinrich Deiters. Wilhelm Degode mainly painted Lower Rhine motifs and Eifel landscapes. He was one of the more well-known landscape artists of the Düsseldorf school of painting between 1884 to 1920.  His paintings can be found in Europe and in the USA.

Wilhelm Degode was a German landscape painter who was active during the late 19th century and early 20th century. He was one of the most famous landscape painters at the Düsseldorf School of Painting between 1884 and 1920. His paintings can be found in Europe and the USA. The painting being referred to in the text comes from the family property of the artist Wilhelm Degode.