Background
Sabo was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Betty Sabo
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After majoring in art at the University of New Mexico, she studied for five years with the German-born artist Carl von Hassler.
Career
She is best known for her realistic oils of New Mexico landscapes. Her paintings are based on sketches, notes, and photographs taken on location, which are brought back to her studio where she finishes her compositions. As well as New Mexico scenes, Sabo took a keen interest in Arizona and Colorado landscapes.
Exhibitions Her work has been displayed in major exhibits in New York City at the National Academy of Design, National Arts Club and American Academy.
And in Santa Fe at the Museum of New Mexico. Her paintings are included in several art collections held by the Phelps Dodge Corporation, United New Mexico Banks, PNM Resources, University of New Mexico Hospital, City of Albuquerque Mayor’ General’ s Office, and the Albuquerque Museum In 1992, Sabo was invited by the State Department to display one of her paintings in the American Embassy in Moscow, Russia.
The documentary "Betty Sabo – an artful life" premiered on KASA-television on February 11, 2012.
Achievements
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Sabo won first place at the 1968 New Mexico State Fair for a piece entitled "Isleta" which depicted the Saint Augustine Church at the pueblo. In 1988, during a visit by Ronald Reagan to Albuquerque, Governor Garrey Carruthers presented the President with a Nambé platter and an oil painting by Betty Sabo. She was awarded the Award of Distinction by the Albuquerque Museum Foundation in 1991. The award was designated for “an individual who has successfully served the Foundation in an outstanding leadership capacity.” lieutenant was noted during the award presentation, that Sabo was one of the Foundation’s strongest advocates in the community, spending much of her enormous energy explaining, defending and promoting the arts In 2012, Governor Susana Martinez proclaimed February 10, 2012 as Betty Sabo Day, in recognition for Sabo"s artistic career and community work.
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The award was designated for “an individual who has successfully served the Foundation in an outstanding leadership capacity.” lieutenant was noted during the award presentation, that Sabo was one of the Foundation’s strongest advocates in the community, spending much of her enormous energy explaining, defending and promoting the arts
