Mario Carreño

Mario Carreño y Morales (May, 24, 1913 in Havana, Cuba – December 20, 1999 in Santiago de Chile, Chile) was a Cuban painter.

He studied painting at the Academia de San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba from 1925 until 1926. In 1934, he studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain. In 1937 he was a student at the Ecole des Arts Appliqués, Paris, France and that same year, at the Académie Julian, Paris, France. Among his teachers was Jaime Colson.

Solo Exhibitions

1930 – "Mario Carreño", Salón de Merás y Rico, Havana, Cuba
1947 – "Carreño: Recent Paintings", Perls Galleries, New York City
1978 – "Mario Carreño. Pinturas", Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
2000 – "Exposición en Homenaje a Mario Carreño", Galería de Arte Patricia Ready, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Group exhibitions

1932 – "Exposición Única de Pintores y Escultores Cubanos", Lyceum, Havana, Cuba
1943 – "The Latin American Collection", Museum of Modern Art, New York City
1944 – " Exhibition of Modern Cuban Painters, March 17,1944, Museum of Modern Art,MoMA, New York City
1951 – I São Paulo Art Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1952 – XXVI Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Awards