The Red Tower in Halle
1915 painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Der Rote Turm in Halle | |
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English: The Red Tower in Halle | |
Artist | Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
Year | 1915 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 120 cm × 91 cm (47 in × 36 in) |
Location | Museum Folkwang, Essen |
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. It is now housed at Museum Folkwang, Essen.[1]
Description
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. On the left stands the Marktkirche with its four towers. Only the tram crosses the deserted square. The view is plunging and unfolds parallel to the plane of the painting. Clouds of smoke in the background recall the proximity of war.
References
- ^ Museum Folkwang
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- Female Half-Length Nude with Hat (1910)
- Five Bathing Women at a Lake (1911)
- Street, Berlin (1913)
- Berlin Street Scene (1913)
- Portrait of Erna Schilling (1913)
- The Red Tower in Halle (1915)
- Self-Portrait as a Soldier (1915)
- Alpine Kitchen (1918)
- The Bridge near Wiesen (1926)
- Archers (1935–1937)
- Street scenes (1913–1915)
- Kirchnerhaus
- Kirchner Museum Davos
- Erna Schilling (model and wife)
- Die Brücke
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