Alexander Gerbig (1878 Suhl - 1948 ibid.) Threatening crossing of a mother with two children in a boat Expressionist work, probably created around 1920. Gerbig met the later "Brücke" artist Max Pechstein in Dresden in 1899, with whom he formed a lifelong friendship. From 1900 to 1911, he studied at the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts and Academy of Art under Richard Müller, Oskar Zwintscher and Gotthardt Kuehl. In 1909 Gerbig made his debut in Heidelberg and Dresden, and in 1910 he took part in the first exhibition of the "Künstlervereinigung Dresden". In 1912, Gerbig was awarded the Villa Romana Prize together with Theo von Brockhusen and in 1912/13 he was awarded a scholarship in Florence. There, together with Pechstein, who accompanied him, he also discovered the fishing village of Monterosso al Mare. In 1913, Gerbig settled in Suhl. After the I. In 1919, an article about Gerbig appeared in the art magazine "Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration" (German Art and Decoration), through which he became even better known. From 1919 to 1921, he took part in the exhibitions of the Dresden Artists' Association alongside Heckel, Kirchner, Kokoschka, Meidner, Nolde and Pechstein. After further exhibition successes during the Weimar Republic, Gerbig was one of the ostracised artists in the "Third Reich", so that in 1937/38 Gerbig's works were condemned as "degenerate art". Oil on canvas, doubled; signed l. and r.; 77.5 cm x 83 cm. Frame. Oil on canvas, relined. Signed.