Original Oil Painting “Truchas” by Betty Sabo [SOLD]

Sabo is one of Albuquerque’s most famous contemporary artists. She was a student of Carl Von Hassler, probably in the early years of her career. She was best known as a painter until later in her career at which time she switched to sculpture. She is no longer an active artist.

Sabo favored painting adobe buildings in winter landscape scenes, most often with snow in the foreground. This oil painting is typical of her style. It is titled “Truchas” and dates to 1966. Truchas is an unincorporated community located on the scenic High Road to Taos, halfway between Santa Fe in the south, and Taos to the north. Interestingly, Truchas began as The Nuestra Señora del Rosario, San Fernando y Santiago del Rio de las Truchas Grant, a Spanish land grant in 1754 and, due to its geography and location, remained a relatively unchanged outpost over the centuries. It is 8000 feet above sea level.

Sabo studied art at the University of New Mexico in the late 1940s and was a renowned painter before she began to create the signature bronzes in her mid-60s. Paintings by Sabo are relatively rare as those who knew her when she was a painter have tended to keep those they purchased. It has been a number of years since she painted, so there are no recent ones for collectors to purchase. This painting is in original excellent condition and appears to be in the original frame.

The painting is signed in lower right “Angelos” which was Sabo’s married name.