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painter

Mario Carreño y Morales was a Cuban painter.

Education

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.

Career

In 1937 he was a student at the Ecole des Arts Appliqués, Paris, France and that same year, at the Académie Julian, Paris, France. 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 1932 – "Exposición Única de Pintores y Escultores Cubanos", Lyceum, Havana, Cuba 1943 – "The Latin American Collection", 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.

Achievements

  • 1956 – Guggenheim International Award, New York City 1982 – National Prize of Art of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile 1987 – Cintas Foundation Fellowship, New York City.