Betye Saar
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 99 |
| Web site | www.betyesaar.net |
| Date of birth | July 30,1926 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Los Angeles |
| California | |
| United States | |
| On view | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
| Detroit Institute of Arts | |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem | |
| Known for | Assemblage |
| Children | Alison Saar |
| Lezley Saar | |
| Tracye Saar-Cavanaugh | |
| Job | Visual Artist |
| printmaker | |
| Education | University of Southern California |
| Pasadena City College | |
| University of California, Los Angeles | |
| California State University | |
| California State University Long Beach | |
| Books | Betye Saar: Still Tickin' |
| Betye Saar resurrection | |
| Betye Saar: Migrations | |
| Saar: Black Girl's Window | |
| Secret Heart: Fresno Art Museum, September 7, 1993-January 9, 1994 | |
| Awards | Edward MacDowell Medal |
| Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada | |
| Official site | betyesaar.net |
| Spouse | Richard Saar |
| Parents | Jefferson Maze Brown |
| Beatrice Lillian Parson | |
| Works | Window of Ancient Sirens |
| Keep for Old Memiors | |
| Nationality | American |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 631328 |
Betye Saar Life story
Betye Irene Saar is an African American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. Saar is a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker. Saar was a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, which engaged myths and stereotypes about race and femininity.