The Red Tower in Halle

The Red Tower in Halle (German: Der Rote Turm in Halle) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the German expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, executed in 1915.

[1] The painting shows the market square in the town of Halle with the Red Tower.

The 15th-century neo-Gothic bell tower surmounts a red brick building.

The view is plunging and unfolds parallel to the plane of the painting.

Clouds of smoke in the background recall the proximity of war.