Richard Simon (painter)

Richard Simon (1898–1993) was a German expressionist who used the pseudonym 'Simmerl'.^[1] His portrait appears on the official poster of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

^ Simmerl is the Bavarian pet-name for 'Simon', usually used for 'Simon' as a given name. Simmerls obituary in the newspaper Berliner Morgenpost July 4/1993, is showing his pseudonym spelled with one 'm'. The artist himself signed his letters to customers and friends as Simmerl with double-m

[1] Simmerl is the Bavarian pet-name for 'Simon', usually used for 'Simon' as a given name. Simmerls obituary in the newspaper Berliner Morgenpost July 4/1993, is showing his pseudonym spelled with one 'm'. The artist himself signed his letters to customers and friends as Simmerl with double-m

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