Original Oil Painting “Winter’s Setting Sun” [SOLD]

Carl Von Hassler was fond of painting villages and landscapes of Northern New Mexico. He moved to New Mexico in the early 1920s and established his studio in Albuquerque's Old Town. For a time, he had been given gratis a room in the Franciscan Hotel in downtown Albuquerque to encourage him to paint in the hotel—it would be good for publicity.

For 47 years, he painted New Mexico scenes and became an Albuquerque legend. Almost everyone living in Albuquerque in the 1940s through the 1960s knew him and had a story they could relate about him.

Von Hassler painted this in the Truchas area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of Santa Fe. What is strikingly beautiful about this painting is Von Hassler's use of the oil paints in generous proportions. The texture of the snow, the adobe walls and the mountains are greatly enhanced by his heavy but deft hand in applying the oil paints. His use of pastel colors reflects the theme of the painting—winter's setting sun.

The painting is framed in a hand-carved frame quite probably made by the artist. He always made his own frames. He textured the gold of the inner frame to reflect his texturing of the painting. Written in pencil on the back of the frame is the following:

"Winters Setting Sun"
$350 by Von Hassler
Region Truchas
Sangre de Cristo