Otto Dix (1891-1969): Portrait of the Lawyer Hugo Simons (1925). Oil on canvas. Montreal Fine Arts Museum. Simons won a court case for Dix, who painted this portrait in gratitude.  After the Nuremberg Laws deprived Simons of his German citizenship, he emigrated and  settled in Montreal, taking this portrait with him. He kept it for the rest of his life. KA
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