GERBIG, Alexander(1878 Suhl – 1948)

Farmers Working in the Fields

Oil on canvas on wood. Traces of a signature in the lower left corner. (19)14.

27.5 x 30.5 cm. framed : 29.5 x 32.5 cm (plain frame).

Areas missing.

Alexander Gerbig was a German painter and graphic artist. In 1900, he began his studies at the Dresden School of Applied Arts and worked part-time as a decorative painter. He encouraged his friend Max Pechstein to do the same. Both eventually continued their studies at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. During this time, they also lived together. Gerbig studied there under R. Müller, Zwintscher, and Kuehl and received the Villa Romana Prize in 1913, as well as an annual scholarship from the city of Florence. Throughout their lives, Gerbig and Pechstein maintained close correspondence and met regularly.

Bibliography: Vollmer; Knop: “Look—It’s Me!”—The Painter and Graphic Artist Alexander Gerbig.